China, Republic. A Second Sino-Japanese War Medal In Commemoration Of Victory In The Resistance Against Aggression 1937-1945 Case GTRexclude 4 GIAD's (4th Guards Fighter

4 GIAD's (4th Guards Fighter Aviation Division) of the 1 GIAK (1st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps) of the 15th Air Army of the Bryansk Front

although two broadly sympathetic biographies (in 1986 and 2003) have gone some way to shifting the balance of opinion

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measuring 210x300mm

Stroud enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force in January 1940

China, Republic. A Second Sino-Japanese War Medal In Commemoration Of Victory In The Resistance Against Aggression 1937-1945 Case GTRexclude 4 GIAD's (4th Guards FighterExterior in a brownish green cloth, the lid itself padded and incorporating Chinese text in gold coloured ink placed vertically on the lid, the base and the lid with a gold coloured multi teeth zipper like metal trim along the edges, inside lid and medal bed lined in white satin, a raised tab in the medal bed for placement of the award, hinged along the back edge, measuring 65 mm (w) x 125 mm (h) x 27 mm (d), sticker residue and scuffing evident on