Victory Medal-Coins from China's War Area Service Corps (WASC)/同盟胜利纪念章

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Modeled after the ancient chinese spade coins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spade_money these were presented to allied personnel by WASC somewhere around winter 1945/1946.
It is believed that round one was intended for officers and bell-shaped for enlisted personnel.
Both were manufactured by Shanghai workshop Ah Mong.

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WASC.
What it's all about?
Let's take a look inside their 1945 WASC War Area Service Corps Diary.

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Nice elephant.
Any useful info?

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Ah, here it is.

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50 mm

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Obverse

- Chang [Kai-shek]

reverse

同盟胜利 - Allied Victory

It is also marked on the rim WASC.

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    1945 ah mong shanghai china victory medal-coin china's war area service corps wasc mark 蔣同盟胜利章
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