Jose Laurel Medals

Struck to commemorate the appointment of Laurel to the "Puppet" Presidency of the Philippines by the Japanese.
All medals were made by Crispulo Zamora workshop in Manila. According to Basso https://asiamedals.info/threads/homma-medal.24468/#post-351576 only 2000 bronze medals were struck.
The number of minted silver medals are not known.

Silver medal.

Silver.
Size 44 mm.
Weight 43.37 g.

 

Salty specimen.

 

Bronze medal.

 

Specimen from the Yale University Numismatic Collection.

Size 44 mm.
Weight 37.29 g.

 

1944 version.

According to Basso only 500 medals were struck to commemorate the first anniversary of the "Puppet" Presidency of the Philippine Republic.