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August 2019 ANA - Sess. A-C 14 & 16 Aug 2019
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PHILIPPINES. Japanese Occupation. Silver Homma Medal, ND (1942). By: C. Zamora. PCGS Genuine--Damage, EF Details Gold Shield.
Honeycutt-310; Basso-150; Czahor-Obverse not listed/SB(1) Reverse. Type I, plain edge. Variety with one indistinct blade of grass leaning right between soldiers leg and pole, palm frond sequence: 15-6-8-10-8, star touches 14th band on first tree. Struck to commemorate the fall of Bataan and Corregidor by General Masaharu Homma, the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Armed Forces. Obverse: Japanese soldier in combat gear facing away at center, gazing at the hills of Bataan and island of Corregidor in background; Reverse: Two palm trees, stars in middle, Japanese characters throughout field. The Japanese characters are a poem to pay tribute to soldiers who died in combat and credits General Masaharu Homma in writing. Medal has a loop attached on top. Several small digs on the obverse on the right side the soldiers waist accounts for the details designation. Otherwise a nice moderately worn example with light attractive tone. A tough issue to find above very fine condition certain to be a welcome addition to the next collection it enters.
From the Pasig River Collection.
Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00
Honeycutt-310; Basso-150; Czahor-Obverse not listed/SB(1) Reverse. Type I, plain edge. Variety with one indistinct blade of grass leaning right between soldiers leg and pole, palm frond sequence: 15-6-8-10-8, star touches 14th band on first tree. Struck to commemorate the fall of Bataan and Corregidor by General Masaharu Homma, the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Armed Forces. Obverse: Japanese soldier in combat gear facing away at center, gazing at the hills of Bataan and island of Corregidor in background; Reverse: Two palm trees, stars in middle, Japanese characters throughout field. The Japanese characters are a poem to pay tribute to soldiers who died in combat and credits General Masaharu Homma in writing. Medal has a loop attached on top. Several small digs on the obverse on the right side the soldiers waist accounts for the details designation. Otherwise a nice moderately worn example with light attractive tone. A tough issue to find above very fine condition certain to be a welcome addition to the next collection it enters.
From the Pasig River Collection.
Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00