Japan, Empire. An Order of the Rising Sun, III Class Buy Now 3) A War Merit Medal

3) A War Merit Medal (Verdienstmedaille)

Footnote: Edgar Ambrose Pengelly was born in Warwickshire in 1882

obverse depicts raised Soviet soldier with AK-47

with a sharpened tip and semi-sharpened edges

to honour those who participated in the Silesian Uprising in 1921 and fought in that region in 1939 and 1945

Japan, Empire. An Order of the Rising Sun, III Class Buy Now 3) A War Merit MedalInstituted in 1875. Early Meiji Period. A III Class Order of the Rising Sun, comprising a silver neck badge with white enamel and a dark red cabochon centrepiece, reverse mirrors the obverse, some stains on ribbon, 55. 1 mm (w) x 86. 3 mm (h inclusive of flower suspension), small chip in the center of the cabochon, near mint condition.