China, Manchukuo Japan Occupation. An Order of the Pillar of the States, VIII Class Hold in March 1918

in March 1918

and dedicated in remembrance either of or to Otto

Footnote: With an engraving attributing this piece to a German soldier at Ypres in May 1915

1956 by the Council of the town of Gembloux on the recommendation of the Franco-Belgian Committee entrusted with commemorating the fierce fighting in the region in May 1940 against the invading German army

(Lapplandschild Verleihungsurkunde)

China, Manchukuo Japan Occupation. An Order of the Pillar of the States, VIII Class Hold in March 1918( ). Instituted 1936 by Emperor Kang Teh. Manchukuo Empire (1936 1945 issued). Like the Oriental architectural style used in palace and temples, a four armed silver medal consisting of four stylized pillars in dark patina meeting at the centre, the quadrants featuring four diagonal lines ending in enameled white circles, each line flanked by two additional further white enamel circles, the obverse centre embellishing by an enameled white, red, blue,