陸軍飛行機操縦徽章

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/japanese-non-commissioned-officers-pilot-badge-with-two-hallmarks.26855/ Silver, gilt, enamel. Size 51.7 × 37.2 mm. Marked 純銀 - pure silver 純金張 - pure gold plated Punched with "3". S

Gifu Army Flight School /岐阜陸軍飛行学校/ was established in August 1940 with the main purpose of educating pilot candidates and non-commissioned officer candidates. The school headquarters /and school headquarters/ were located in Unuma Village, Inaba District, Gifu Prefecture (present-day eastern...

修業證書 - Training Certificate Issued to 陸軍航空兵軍曹 - Army Flight Sergeant on 昭和八年二月二十八日 - February 28, 1933 Badge.

Size 51 x 34.5 mm. Weight 29.73 g. Engraved 戰時 - Wartime 八十一 - 81st [class] 川口 - Kawaguchi

Reverse engraved 第五十八期 - 58th Class 関口 - Sekiguchi Star is a period replacement.

All-stamped badge in light metal alloy. 贈 - Gift 市川寿 - Ichikawa Hisashi Original case. Typical late war lodgment and overall quality. Silver inscription 陸軍飛行機操縦徽章 - Army Aircraft Pilot Badge

Superb group. NCO's pilot badge.

Marked 純銀 - pure silver. Original case. 将校用操縦徽章 - Officer's Pilot Badge

NCO badge in silver. Reverse engraved 第七期 - 7th class 寺田武次 - Takeji Terada Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

Army Airplane Piloting Mastery Badge /陸軍飛行機操縦術修得徽章/ was established on June 23, 1913 (regulation was published on June 24, 1913). Original line drawings and description. Original Army Ordinance No. 5 /軍令陸第五號/ published in Official Gazette on June 24, 1913. Between 1913 and 1940 badge had...

Engraved 中野敏 - Satoshi Nakano Original case. 陸軍飛行機操縦徽章 - Army Pilot's Badge Note the lodgment that is typical for late-war badges from 1942-1945 time period.

NCO's badge. Reverse 第九十三期生 - 93rd Class Engraved 齋藤邦夫 - Kunio Saitō

Reverse 宇都宮 - Utsunomiya 陸軍飛行學校 - Army Flight School 第九十一期生 - 91st Class Engraved 伊藤三郎 - Ito Saburo

These have a distinct charm.

Right one 陸軍飛行機操縦徽章 - Army Pilot's Badge left one 下士官用操縦徽章 - Non-commissioned Officer's Pilot Badge

将校用操縦徽章 - Officer's Pilot Badge

The Tachiarai Army Flight School opened in 1940 and trained many pilots who took part in kamikaze operations in the last year of the war. The Tachiarai Flight School had a branch school in Chiran (Kagoshima Prefecture), where many Army pilots departed to make suicide attacks on the American...

Original case. 下士官用操縦徽章 - Non-commissioned Officer's Pilot Badge On the back side of the case label of Handaya Watch Shop /半田屋時計店/ in Tokorozawa https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-manufactured-by-handaya-watch-shop.26054/

Original case. 将校用徽章 - Officer's Badge Label of Toho workshop inside https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-manufactured-by-toho-medal-works.24197/