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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1295818, member: 17118&quot;]It&#039;s actually a Chinese medal as opposed to a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not familiar with this piece but I can help translate.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inscription on the obverse side is 蒋委员长肖像 which translates as &quot;Portrait of Chairman Chiang&quot; and refers to Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) who was Chairman of the National Military Council at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inscription at the top of the reverse side is 民国二十六年纪念 which means &quot;In Commemoration of the 26th Year of the Republic&quot; which is the year 1937.</p><p><br /></p><p>The large character inscription in the middle is 还我河山 which translates as &quot;Return My Rivers and Mountains&quot;.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure this refers to Chiang Kai-shek&#039;s resolve to recover the territory lost to the Japanese when they invaded China in 1937.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is another inscription at the very bottom but I regret that the characters are too small and indistinct for me to read.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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