Mongolia, Manchukuo Empire. A National Foundation Merit Medal 1939 Auction Archive which flew De Havilland Tiger

which flew De Havilland Tiger Moth and Fleet Finch aircraft

965 of these had been built

four are maker marked "Drago Paris Nice"

usually found on Army/Heer straps)

a tab with a supple smooth finished light brown upper and raw underside stitched in place on the underside on the right end

Mongolia, Manchukuo Empire. A National Foundation Merit Medal 1939 Auction Archive which flew De Havilland TigerInstituted in 1939. In patinated silver with gilt characters, of Japanese manufacture, obverse illustrating a shepherd leading his flock of sheep, with a Mongol tent in the background, inscribed in Chinese and Mongol "For Merit" above, surrounded by a motif incorporating a dragon and clouds, the two symbolic of good fortune, reverse inscribed "Build, Create, Achieve Merit Medal 1939. 9. 1" (September 1, 1939) and "Genghis Khan Era 734th year" in