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Now let’s examine this strange specimen from the Peterson book. Why it is “strange”? Because it is the only specimen I saw that don’t have stamped number on reverse. Obverse
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By the way, can somebody explain to me why Peterson made this strange (absolutely irrelevant!) comment about Manchukuo reservist badge?! I mean what was his point?
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Yep. This rare Manchukuo wound badge (medal?)… The only source of info that we have today about this badge is 166 page in 3rd edition of Peterson book. Actually only four lines of text and even in these four lines we’ll find two inaccuracies Here it is
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Very nice! This one was made between 1940 and 1945. Congratulations
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Personally I can’t find any plausible explanation why Japanese (!!!) manufacturer used american (ok, not really exclusively “american”, but nevertheless) mark sterling (we are talking about 1943!!!) on the badges that were made for German Navy personnel … Also why this mark has slightly different style on different badges? And what`s up with this migration (under, over, upside down ...) Same story with variations ... I can`t understand why we have silver and tombac versions. Any ideas guys? Regards, Nick