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October 2020 Hong Kong Auction 5-7 Oct 2020
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PHILIPPINES. Japanese Occupation. Homma Medal Obverse Die Trial in Lead, ca. 1942. VERY FINE.
cf. Basso-150. Weight: 70.74 gms. By Clemente Zamora. An important early die trial for the already scarce medals issued by General Masaharu Homma, commander of the Japanese 14th Area Army, who oversaw the Japanese conquest of the Philippines. This trial is struck on a nearly square piece of lead which has been machine smoothed on the side in which the trial was struck. The obverse die trial contains the date "1942 P.I." stamped below. On the reverse is an incised inscription -- "Trial/ Lead Plate/ C. Zamora/ 8-4-42/ Manila, P.I." -- which is seemingly the signature of the engraver who created the dies and produced these medals in Manila for the Japanese forces. Well executed, this piece shows full design detail on a surface remarkably free of corrosion. A VERY RARE and historically significant piece that would fit well into any collector of World War II numismatic related material, especially that of the Pacific Theater.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00
cf. Basso-150. Weight: 70.74 gms. By Clemente Zamora. An important early die trial for the already scarce medals issued by General Masaharu Homma, commander of the Japanese 14th Area Army, who oversaw the Japanese conquest of the Philippines. This trial is struck on a nearly square piece of lead which has been machine smoothed on the side in which the trial was struck. The obverse die trial contains the date "1942 P.I." stamped below. On the reverse is an incised inscription -- "Trial/ Lead Plate/ C. Zamora/ 8-4-42/ Manila, P.I." -- which is seemingly the signature of the engraver who created the dies and produced these medals in Manila for the Japanese forces. Well executed, this piece shows full design detail on a surface remarkably free of corrosion. A VERY RARE and historically significant piece that would fit well into any collector of World War II numismatic related material, especially that of the Pacific Theater.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00