1st variation. Merit badge in pure silver made by Taishodo workshop.
Reverse
功勞章 - Merit Badge
海軍協會 - Navy League
Marked 純銀 - pure silver.
Nicely enameled badge.
Original case.
功勞章 - Merit Badge
Inside
海軍協會 - Navy League
大勝堂 銀座 - Taishodo, Ginza...
Obverse
功勞章 - Merit Badge
柏原町帝国在郷軍人分會 - Kaibaracho Town Branch of Imperial Military Reservist Association
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%8F%E5%8E%9F%E7%94%BA
The Kwantung Army /関東軍, Kantō-gun/ was formed in 1906 as a security force for the Kwantung Leased Territory and South Manchurian Railway Zone after the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 and expanded into an army group during the Interwar period to support Japanese interests in China, Manchuria...
imperial japan army badges and watch fobs
japanese army badge
kwantung army badges
manchukuo badge
功勞章
独立砲兵聯隊章
関東軍司令部熱河討伐功勞章
関東軍司令部章
関東軍柳樹屯部隊第一期修習記念章
関東軍無線電信教習所章
関東軍自動車隊章
関東軍自動車隊第二中隊討匪記念章
関東軍記念章
See also badge made by the same workshop with a similar design https://asiamedals.info/threads/hyogo-prefecture-education-society-merit-badge.26388/
Obverse
功勞章 - Merit badge
Reverse
大阪府 - Osaka prefecture
聯合青年團 - Youth League
Marked
SBD (for Shobido workshop, Osaka...
japanese badge
japanese youth league badge
japanese youth league merit badge
osaka prefecture youth league merit badge
youth corps badges
功勞章
大阪府聯合青年團功勞章
青年團功勞章
In 1936 association decided that it needs another additional "lower-grade" (so to speak) merit badge in addition to this one
https://asiamedals.info/threads/merit-badges-of-imperial-military-reservist-association.22984/#post-285447
The new badge was called
功勞章 - Meritorious Service Badge...
Obverse
Mukden City emblem
功勞章 - Merit Badge
reverse
奉天市 - Mukden City /currently known as Shenyang (formerly known as Fengtian or by its Manchu name, Mukden) is a major Chinese sub-provincial city and the provincial capital of Liaoning province, in north-central Liaoning/
+
punched...