Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Foundation Merit Medal United Republic of Footnote: Colin Francis McDonald enlisted

Footnote: Colin Francis McDonald enlisted as a Private with the Cape Breton Highlanders (F 88280) on June 3

A civilian pilot stick pin constructed of silvered tombac

including: Home (March 12

illustrating the Hungarian coat-of-arms flanked by oak leaves and acorns on both sides and affixed to the body of the gorget

the obverse bears the inscription VITAM ET SANGUINEM and the bottom arms has the date in Roman numerals MDCCCCXVI

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Foundation Merit Medal United Republic of Footnote: Colin Francis McDonald enlistedInstituted in 1933. In blackened bronze, measuring 30. 3 mm in diameter, edge nicks, very light contact, original ribbon with hook and eye, near extremely fine. Footnote: The National Foundation Merit Medal was instituted on March 1, 1933, to acknowledge those who had been instrumental in establishing the new "independent" Great Manchu State. In 1934, it became the "Great Manchu Empire" and this medal was thus the first and last decoration of the