Please look at the pictures regarding condition of these two very rare medals.
The National Shrine Foundation Commemorative Medal was established in 1940. It celebrated the opening of a major Japanese Shinto shrine in Manchuria. These shrines, symbols of the power of Japan, were erected in many areas where the Japanese had occupied.
OBVERSE: Representation of the shrine.
REVERSE: Inscribed 'Kang Teh 7 [1940], National Foundation Sacred Shrine Commemorative Medal, July 15.'
On Puppet Emperor Pu-Yi's second and final visit to Japan, Emperor Hirohito requested that Pu-Yi to take a mirror representing Amaterasu-ōmikami (Sun Goddess) back to Manchukuo. Pu-yi agreed, thereby making the hitherto foreign Shintoism the state religion of Manchukuo. To house the Amaterasu mirror, the National Shrine was constructed within the grounds of the Puppet Emperor's palace in Hsinking (now Changchun),and an official medal was struck to commemorate this event. (Thanks to Miles Li for this information.)
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