Manchuria/Manchukuo Merit Medals

[James Hoard]

Does anyone have a complete list of the Merit Medals instituted by Manchukuo in 1938?

Apparently five such medals were instituted by the decree dated 14th July 1938, but I have not been able to find any information on them. All I have found is the names for three of the five, i.e. Medal of Merit for Public Service, Medal of Merit for Harmony and Medal of Merit for Righteous Acts. What were the other two?

A further decree on 19th December 1944 instituted two other medals, the Medal of Merit for Civil Servants and the Medal of Merit for Local Government Servants. Is it possible that writers confused these two with the 1938 institution?

Any further information on these awards would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

James

[makhakala]

This is medal from my collection