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ARTIFACT:
Very rare, WWII Chinese Commemorative Medal awarded to United States Navy OSS SACO (Sino-American Cooperative Organization) Veteran's by the Taiwan government in 1975. SACO was established during WWII, its purpose was the mutual collection of intelligence together, along with other allied nations against Japan. The Office of Strategic Services worked jointly with China to develop SACO. Soldiers in the operation were totally immersed in the culture and trained and operated with Chinese guerilla forces. These soldiers were charged with the mission of locating landing areas for the USN fleet and General Chennault's 14th Air Force. The medal is large and beautiful, the center features a fully enameled disc in red, white, and blue that shows two hands shaking in front of both American and Chinese flags and below are Chinese characters and the word"SACO". The sunburst-like medallion is alternating colors of red, white, and blue and is suspended from a white, yellow, red, and blue ribbon. The reverse of the medal features Chinese characters and the date"1942 and 1945".
VINTAGE:
Circa 1975
SIZE:
Approximately 4 3/4" x 2 1/4"
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Gold plated brass, enamel, ribbon, nickel pinback
ATTACHMENT:
British style kick pin with come under "C" catch.
MARKINGS:
"1942 Š 1945" and Chinese characters.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a US Navy collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. CON-JES-25-15 LEGEX6/15 Hld-VEGEX6/15 toJES:VCJJX
CONDITION:
8+ (Excellent): The medal shows minor to moderate wear, light soiling to ribbon, nearly all the enameled details remain fully intact, overall excellent condition.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
