Philippine Defense Medal (in bronze gilt with green enamels, measuring 39 mm (w) x 40.8 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, original ribbon with pinback); Philippine Liberation Medal (in bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, measuring 37.5 mm (w) x 44.2 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, original ribbon with pinback); and Philippine Independence Medal (in bronze gilt, measuring 38 mm in diameter, original ribbon with pinback). Extremely fine.
Footnote: The Philippine Defense Medal is a military award and decoration of the Republic of the Philippines which is awarded to recognize the initial resistance against Japanese invasion between December 8, 1941 and June 15, 1942. The award was first created in December 1944, and was issued as the Philippine Defense Ribbon. A full-sized medal was authorized and added in July, 1945. The Philippine Liberation Medal is a military award of the Republic of the Philippines which was created by an order of the Commonwealth Army of the Philippines Headquarters on December 20, 1944, and was issued as the Philippine Liberation Ribbon. The decoration was presented to any service member, of both Philippine Commonwealth and allied militaries, who participated in the liberation of the Philippine Islands between October 17, 1944, and September 2, 1945. A full-sized medal was authorized and added on July 22, 1945. The Philippine Liberation Medal is intended to recognize military service during the last eleven months of the Second World War, when the military of Japan was driven from the Philippines before their surrender in September 1945. The Philippine Independence Medal is a military award and decoration of the Republic of the Philippines which was created by order of the Philippine Army Headquarters on July 3, 1946 as the Philippine Independence Ribbon. The medal was added in 1968. The medal recognizes those members of the military who had participated in multiple Philippine Commonwealth military operations during the years of the Second World War.