Mengjiang Autonomous Government Genghis Khan Military Merit Badge/蒙古蔣和自治政府武功徽章

Mengjiang Autonomous Government Genghis Khan Military Merit Badge was established on March 20, 1938 by Prince Teh Wang (Temujin) as the main military merit award (roughly comparable to the Japanese Order of the Golden Kite) of the government of Inner Mongolia. It was awarded in three classes: 1st сlass, 2nd сlass and 3rd class.

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1st class badge.

Gilded base metal, red enamel.
Size 46.5 mm.
Weight 30g.


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ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ - Genghis Khan

武功 - Military Merit

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Another badge from personal collection.
This one with intact blackening.

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Original case.

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ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ - Genghis Khan

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Interior.

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Very rare original document for the 1st class badge from personal collection.

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級壹 - 1st class

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武功賞 - Military Merit Award


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Awarded to

陸軍大尉 - Army Captain

佐藤竹之助殿 - Satō Takenosuke

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Another 1st class full set.

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2nd class badge.

Gilded base metal, blue enamel.
Size 43 mm.

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Reverse

ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ - Genghis Khan

武功 - Military Merit

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Original case.

ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ - Genghis Khan

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Uncased 2nd class specimen.

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3rd class badge.

Silvered base metal, blue enamel.
Size 37.7 mm.

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Reverse

ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ - Genghis Khan

武功 - Military Merit

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Case.

ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ - Genghis Khan

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Uncased specimen of 3rd class.
Both pins were lost.

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Badge cavaliers.

Badge was worn on the right side under the uniform pocket.

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The most famous cavalier of the 1st class badge.
Demchugdongrub/ ᠳᠡᠮᠴᠦᠭᠳᠥᠨᠷᠥᠪ/ Demchigdonrob/Дэмчигдонров/ Demchigdonrov/德穆楚克棟魯普/ (8 February 1902 – 23 May 1966), also known as Prince De /德王/, courtesy name Xixian /希賢/, was a Qing dynasty Mongol prince descended from the Borjigin imperial clan who lived during the 20th century and became the leader of an independence movement in Inner Mongolia. He was most notable for being the chairman of the pro-Japanese Mongol Military Government (1938–39) and later of the puppet state of Mengjiang (1939–45), during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Li Shouxin ᠪᠤᠶᠠᠨᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡ Буяндэлгэр李守信Lǐ Shǒuxìn.jpg

Li Shouxin /ᠪᠤᠶᠠᠨᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡ/ Буяндэлгэр/李守信/Lǐ Shǒuxìn/ (July 11, 1892 - May 1970) was a pro-Japanese commander in the Manchukuo Imperial Army and later the Mengjiang National Army. He was born into a family of minor landlords of Han Chinese descent who assimilated into the Mongol people. His Han Chinese ancestor was part of a group of Han Chinese during the Qing dynasty called "Mongol followers" who worked as servant for Mongols and married Mongol women. Their descendants continued to marry Mongol women and changed their ethnicity to Mongol. They distinguished themselves apart from "true Mongols"/真蒙古/. In 1919, he enlisted in the military forces of the Zhili clique in Jehol province, rising steadily through the ranks until he reached the position of colonel, with an equivalent ranking being granted by the Kuomintang government. Assigned to Tongliao in what is now Inner Mongolia, he helped assist in the suppressing the revolt of Gada Meiren in 1929.

In 1933, his forces clashed with the Imperial Japanese Army on the border with Manchukuo, and Li managed to down a Japanese aircraft. However, this opened the door to negotiations, and in exchange for weapons, money and supplies, Li defected to the Japanese side, and was appointed commander of a portion of Inner Mongolia and Jehol. In 1933 commanded the Manchukuo forces defending the fortifications around Duolun against the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Army. In late 1935 he commanded Manchukuo forces aiding Prince Demchugdongrub in seizing control of the six northern districts of Chahar. The following two years he was in command of the Manchukuo detachment of the Inner Mongolian Army attempting to capture Suiyuan province. By February 1936, Li controlled a large area in Chahar province, and transferred his allegiance to Demchugdongrub and became Chief of Staff of the new Inner Mongol Army. With the establishment Mengjiang, Li became the commander of the Mengjiang National Army.

In 1940, Li met in Tsingtao with Zhou Fohai and representatives of the Wang Jingwei Government with the aim of discussing the integration of Mengjiang into China. This was accomplished in 1941, with Mengjiang becoming the Mongolian Autonomous Federation /蒙古自治邦/, albeit with complete autonomy.

However, as the situation deteriorated against the Empire of Japan towards the end of World War II, Li met in secret with Chiang Kai-shek, and defected back to the Kuomintang in exchange for being named general of the Chinese 10th Route Army. After the victory of the Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, Li fled briefly into exile in Taiwan. However, at the strong request of Demchugdongrub, he returned to Inner Mongolia to assume the position of Deputy Director of Defense of the Inner Mongolian autonomous government. However, the Chinese Army refused to recognize his position and issued orders for his arrest a few months later. Li then fled to Mongolia. In September 1950, Mongolia acceded to Chinese demands, and extradited Li back to China, where he was charged with anti-Chinese activities and imprisoned. He was pardoned in 1964, and assigned a job at a history museum in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. He died in Hohhot in Inner Mongolia in May 1970.​

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Known photos of Li Shouxin wearing the badge.

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Lieutenant General Kyoji Tominaga wearing 1st class badge.

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