the front and back cover with photographs
nickel-plated ornate-designed fittings at the throat are held in place via single screws on either side
each perforated with ventilation holes and a single top hole for the accommodation of a drawstring
and a location of “МОСКВА” (“MOSCOW”)
One in silver (835 marked inside of the shank)
Mongolia, People's Republic; Manchukuo Empire. An Inner Mongolia National Foundation Merit Medal GTRexclude the front and back coverInstituted in 1939. In silver with a gilt insignia, obverse illustrating a shepherd with a flock of sheep, with a Mongolian yurt in the background at the right, Uyghur and Chinese gilt characters for "Merit" above the landscape, encircled by two dragons and auspicious clouds, reverse with Uyghur and Chinese characters for "Genghis Khan Era 734th Year, 9th Month, 1st Day, Inception of Foundation Merit Medal" (to indicate its "free" Mongolian character,