The document for the "Medal for participation in the Chinese incident"

An original and rather rare document in satisfactory condition. The size is 300*415 mm. Tears, paper jams. Guarantee of authenticity.

The Medal for Participation in the Chinese Incident was established on July 27, 1939. The original Imperial Edict No. 496 of July 27, 1939, was later supplemented by Edict No. 418 of 1944. It was prescribed to award the medal to soldiers who were heading to China until the summer of 1945. This award is the most popular among Japanese medals.

On July 7, 1937, the Japanese invasion of Northern China began with the "Marco Polo Bridge incident." On this day, Japanese troops, conducting maneuvers, fired at the Chinese garrison. The Chinese also returned fire. The battle began, which lasted until July 9, after which a truce was concluded. However, the conflict did not end there.

On July 14, the Japanese resumed hostilities, and on July 26, they gave the Chinese an ultimatum to withdraw their troops from Beijing within 48 hours. The Chinese authorities rejected this demand, and the next day (July 27, 1937), in fact, full-scale military operations began, which did not stop for 8 years, until the end of World War II. In accordance with the "tradition", they received the name "Chinese Incident" from the Japanese militarists. On March 30, 1940, a puppet "central government of China" was formed in Japanese-occupied Nanjing.

By the end of 1941, Japan had conquered Chinese territory with a population of about 215 million people. The Japanese took over the most developed areas of the country, mainly the coastal Chinese provinces, where the largest cities, seaports and industrial enterprises, the main railways and waterways were located.