Japan. A Border Incident War Medal 1939, Cased United Republic of Cross with magnetic core and

Cross with magnetic core and silver frame (marked 900)

Lieutenant Jackson was with the 10th Battalion

with two out of four prongs intact (two lower prongs are missing)

and was recorded in the census as Frank C

Type II (1887-1943) Bronze

Japan. A Border Incident War Medal 1939, Cased United Republic of Cross with magnetic core andChina (Manchukuo), Japan; Bronze, unmarked, 30 mm, original ribbon with hook and eye, light contact and spotting, near extremely fine. In its hardshelled case of issue, case also near extremely fine, Footnote: The medal was instituted in 1940 and commemorates the Nomonhan Incident, a clash with Russia that happened in Manchuria. The Battles of Khalkhyn Gol were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet Japanese border conflicts fought among