{"product_id":"1975-mongolian-people-s-republic-victory-over-militarist-japan-30th-anniversary-medal-hungarian-mint-official-issue","title":"1975 Mongolian People’s Republic “Victory Over Militarist Japan” 30th Anniversary Medal – Hungarian Mint, Official Issue","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original 1975 30th Anniversary of the Victory over Militarist Japan Medal, an official jubilee decoration of the Mongolian People’s Republic commemorating Mongolia’s participation in the final campaign against Imperial Japan in 1945. The MPR formally declared war on Japan on 10 August 1945, and the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Army fought alongside Soviet forces in the Liberation War, advancing through Inner Mongolia as part of the Soviet-Mongolian offensive against the Japanese Kwantung Army. The 30th Anniversary Medal was instituted on 25 August 1975 and was awarded to officers of the Mongolian People’s Army, Border Troops and State Security services in recognition of distinguished military service, veterans who had directly participated in the 1945 fighting, as well as Mongolian civilians whose wartime labor contributed to victory and recipients of the original 1945 Victory over Japan medal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by the Hungarian Mint, the medal is an elaborate gilt-metal and multicolored-enamel construction whose imagery deliberately combines Mongolia’s traditional mounted military heritage with the mechanized Soviet-Mongolian campaign of 1945. Against a blue-enamel field, a Mongolian cavalryman charges beside a tank while two aircraft fly overhead beneath the dates “1945–1975,” the scene framed by green-enamel laurel branches and the red Roman numeral “XXX.” The blue-enamel suspension carries two small red stars: the left bears the Mongolian military Soyombo, while the right carries the Soviet hammer and sickle, making the alliance between the two armed forces an integral part of the decoration itself. The reverse bears the raised Mongolian inscription “For the 30th Anniversary of the Victory over Militarist Japan.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the specialist collector, this medal occupies an important position between the original 1945 Victory over Japan award and Mongolia’s later Second World War commemorative issues. The campaign it commemorates was a major national undertaking: Mongolian forces advanced more than 1,000 kilometers alongside Soviet formations through difficult desert and steppe terrain, and the victory became closely associated in Mongolia with the consolidation of national independence at the end of the Second World War. The paired Mongolian and Soviet military emblems, cavalry-and-tank combat scene and Hungarian Mint manufacture give the issue a particularly distinctive place within MPR faleristics. For collections centered on the Mongolian People’s Army, Border Troops, Soviet-Mongolian military relations, the 1945 Liberation War or the final Asian campaigns of World War II, this is one of the most visually and historically representative Mongolian anniversary medals of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe photographs show a representative example. You will receive one original medal of the same type and issue from our inventory. Minor variations in patina, finish, enamel, and wear may occur. We will select the best available example at the time of purchase.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mongolian People's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52806499238200,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1256\/7096\/files\/IMG_1133.jpg?v=1786731996","url":"https:\/\/khanmilitaria.com\/products\/1975-mongolian-people-s-republic-victory-over-militarist-japan-30th-anniversary-medal-hungarian-mint-official-issue","provider":"KhanMilitaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}