PHILIPPINES. Japanese Occupation. Bronze Tirad Pass Medal, 1944. EXTREMELY FINE.
43.5 mm; 32.03 gms. Basso-168. Without loop. VERY RARE. Wreathed portrait of General Gregorio Del Pilar with Tirad Pass in the background. Lower uniform "J.P.L./ 1944". The only military medal or decoration issued by the Filipino government during the Japanese occupation. Contemporary accounts suggest only 16 of these were issued, all but one posthumously. EXTREMELY FINE.
From the Ray Czahor collection.
Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00