Japan, Occupied. A Homma Medal, Philippines Expedition Commemoration, Type I, c.1943 certificate_of_authenticity The accompanying letter is dated

The accompanying letter is dated to May 29

inscribed in handwritten black ink "Djure Marijan Cvetković" on page one

with double struck letters "P" in rank

one named to Herbert Jäger

awarded to Unteroffizier Wilhelm Lutz

Japan, Occupied. A Homma Medal, Philippines Expedition Commemoration, Type I, c.1943 certificate_of_authenticity The accompanying letter is datedIssued by Homma Masaharu, a silver medal bearing a Japanese soldier on the obverse with inscription (translation: Philippines Expedition Commemoration Imperial Year 2602), and reverse with a poem and two coconut trees, measuring at 35. 5mm in diameter, weighs 18. 1 grams, in very fine condition. Footnote: Homma Masaharu (1887 1946) was the Commander of the Japanese 14th Army which invaded the Philippines just days after the attack on Pearl Harbour