Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner.
Obverse
天下第一関 - First Pass Under Heaven /nickname of Shanghai Pass (山海關, lit. "Mountain Sea Pass") is a major fortified gateway at the eastern end of the Great Wall of China and one of its most crucial fortifications, as the pass commands the narrowest choke point in the strategic Liaoxi Corridor, an elongated coastal plain between the Yan Mountains foothills and the Bohai Sea, which is the only easily traversable landway between North and Northeast China. It is located in present-day Shanhaiguan District, Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, on the east bank of the Shi River, with defensive walls stretching from the Yan Mountains all the way to the shores of the Liaodong Bay/
Independent Garrison Unit emblem
守備記念 - Defense Commemorative
reverse
皇紀二五九八年 - 1938
向井部隊 - Mukai Butai/Mukai Unit
Obverse
天下第一関 - First Pass Under Heaven /nickname of Shanghai Pass (山海關, lit. "Mountain Sea Pass") is a major fortified gateway at the eastern end of the Great Wall of China and one of its most crucial fortifications, as the pass commands the narrowest choke point in the strategic Liaoxi Corridor, an elongated coastal plain between the Yan Mountains foothills and the Bohai Sea, which is the only easily traversable landway between North and Northeast China. It is located in present-day Shanhaiguan District, Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, on the east bank of the Shi River, with defensive walls stretching from the Yan Mountains all the way to the shores of the Liaodong Bay/
Independent Garrison Unit emblem
守備記念 - Defense Commemorative
reverse
皇紀二五九八年 - 1938
向井部隊 - Mukai Butai/Mukai Unit