Mengjiang Autonomous Government National Foundation Merit Medal/蒙古蔣和自治政府肇建功勞章

Cupronickel.
Size 30.5 mm.
Weight 15 g.

Obverse (all inscriptions duplicated in Uyghur)

功勞 - Merit

reverse

成吉思汗紀元 - Genghis Khan Era

七百三十四年九月一日 - 734th year, 9th month, 1st day = September 1st, 1939

肇建功勞章 - Foundation [of the State] Merit Medal

The ribbon designed from the flag of this government, is of 37mm watered silk, of 8mm yellow/4.5mm blue/2.5mm white/7mm red/etc. The colors on the flag were used to represent major ethnic groups in Mengjiang: blue for the Mongols; red for the Japanese; yellow for the Han and white for the "Hui" (the name given to the Muslims at that time).​

Original case dimensions 110.6 x 60.8 x 23.84 mm.

蒙古蔣和自治政府肇建功勞章 - Foundation of the Mengjiang Autonomous Government of Mongolia Merit Medal

Thanks to the original outer cardboard cases the name of manufacture became known - Mori Yoko https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-labels-and-marks-of-mori-yoko-workshop.20422/

 

Medal bars with Mengjiang Autonomous Government National Foundation Merit Medal https://asiamedals.info/threads/jap...ngolia-national-foundation-merit-medal.23840/

Photos of cavaliers https://asiamedals.info/threads/jap...ngolia-national-foundation-merit-medal.23841/

Inside the ribbon bar https://asiamedals.info/threads/japanese-ribbon-bars-on-cavaliers.22975/#post-351954

 

Documents.

26 750 (lowest known number for today).

Issued on September 1st, 1939.

 

31 144

 

32 670

See https://asiamedals.info/threads/doc...tal-reconstruction-commemorative-medal.20928/

Details.

 

36 217

Intersting posthumous group.

It looks like cavalier was KIA on October 6, 1937 (his rank was 歩兵上等兵 - Infantry Superior Soldier, posthumous rank 歩兵伍長 - Infantry Corporal).
His document for the China Incident Medal (that will be established only in 1939) bears the same date as Manchurian Incident Medal - October 6, 1937 (the day of his death).
Document for the Mengjiang Foundation Merit Medal bears standard date - September 1st, 1939.

 

36 862

 

36 753

 

37 025

 

38 919

 

39 159

 

41 144

 

42 824

 

45 902

 

45 961

 

47 553 (maximum known number for today).