Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
November 2015 Baltimore Auction - Sess. A-C 5-6 November 2015
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PHILIPPINES. Japanese Occupation. Silver Katayama Medal, 1942. CHOICE EXTREMELY FINE.
35 mm; 20.93 gms. Basso-151. Without loop. VERY RARE, only three or four known. Commemorates the expedition to the Philippines, 2602 (1942). Map presumed to represent the expanded map of the Japanese empire in Asia, with the wheel presumably representing the Quartermaster Corps. Reverse inscription "YODO", a code name referring to some unidentified higher headquarters, probably a division or brigade. Struck by C. Zamora. Fully original with gorgeous blue peripheral toned reverse. CHOICE EXTREMELY FINE.
From the Ray Czahor collection.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00
35 mm; 20.93 gms. Basso-151. Without loop. VERY RARE, only three or four known. Commemorates the expedition to the Philippines, 2602 (1942). Map presumed to represent the expanded map of the Japanese empire in Asia, with the wheel presumably representing the Quartermaster Corps. Reverse inscription "YODO", a code name referring to some unidentified higher headquarters, probably a division or brigade. Struck by C. Zamora. Fully original with gorgeous blue peripheral toned reverse. CHOICE EXTREMELY FINE.
From the Ray Czahor collection.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00