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  1. Homma Medal/紀元二千六百二年比島遠征紀念章/本間章

    Struck to commemorate the fall of Bataan and Corregidor by General Masaharu Homma, the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Armed Forces. In addition to two basic types (plain edge and reeded edge) at least ten stamp variations are known. Specimens in bronze and brass are also known. Medals were...
  2. Philippine Expeditionary Army Propaganda Team Award Watch Fob/比島派遣軍宣博班文芸賞章

    Silver. Size 28 x 35 mm. Weight 18.2 g. Obverse 賞 - Award reverse 陣中新聞南十字星 - Jinchu Shimbun [At the Front Newspaper] Southern Cross 文藝賞 - Literature Award 比島派遣軍宣博班 - Hijima Dispatch Army [Philippine Expeditionary Force] Propaganda Team
  3. Сapture of Philippines Air Unit 9936 Commemorative Watch Fob/比島攻略空第九九三六部隊大東亜戦争参加紀念章

    Size 33 mm. Obverse 比島 - Philippines 攻略 - Сapture reverse 紀念 - Commemorative 皇紀二千六百二年 - 2602 Years of Imperial Era = 1942 空第九九三六部隊 - Air Unit No. 9936 (most likely field airfield construction unit) 大東亜戦争参加 - Greater East Asian War Participation Ingraved 手烏 - Tekarasu
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