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Amazing details ...

Reverse (I bet that this is handwriting of our Lieutenant General ... Nice calligraphy )

Excellent quality!

Time to take a look at the piece from my collection Loop version of the medal (note the stamp differences from book example )

Interesting, that this source claim that no medals were strucked in bronze (with the exception of 3 trial pieces)! Close ups of obverse and reverse of this silver medal from 1968 book.

Please note this part of the text

Yep, this famous Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma... His colleagues thought that he is "too soft" for the front lines and contaminated by western ideas about conserving the lives of his men... His enemies thought that he is a cruel monster directly responsible for famous "Bataan Death March"... Both points of view are wrong of course Basic info about our Lieutenant General our colleagues can find here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Homma Let`s go straight to the phaleristic treasures For a start here is a valuable info from the book "Coins, Medals and Tokens of the Philippines" by Aldo Basso, that was published in 1968 (thanks for the scans Rich ).

Different cavalier - different place for "Foundation" medal in the bar ...

This type of Kite looks familiar

Two interesting photos of "Foundation" medal cavaliers (thanks to Shimbu )