Jumaat, 23 Januari 2015

JAPANESE SINGAPORE MEDAL 11 FEBRUAR 1942

THE COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF THE JAPANESE VICTORY OVER SINGAPORE AND THEIR LIBERATION OF GREATER EAST ASIA



The Germans produced a porcelain medal to commemorate the Japanese victory. It is 5cm. in diameter and 0.5cm. thick. 
The obverse has an embossed circumscription in German -" EINNAHME VON SINGAPORE . 11 FEBRUAR 1942" [(The) Capture of Singapore . 11 February 1942], with a circular emblem, featuring the left profile of a lion standing beneath a coconut tree, spanning an area of 2.5cm. in diameter.


On its reverse, the circumscription "GROSS- OSTASIEN VON FREMDHERRSCHAFT BEFREIT" (Greater East Asia Freed of Foreign Dominion), is symbolized by a wreath encircling a Japanese battle ensing.



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