精勤章

Size 33 mm. Obverse 精勤章 - Diligence Badge reverse 仙台逓信管理局 - Sendai /is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region/ Posts and Telecommunications Bureau 區内三等郵便局 - Ward 3rd Class Post Office 逓送集配人奨励會 - Postal Delivery Personnel Promotion Association

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 精勤章 - Diligence Badge reverse 舩井郡 - Funai District /Kyoto/ 聯合警防團 - United Keibodan Group

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 赤坂氷川分團 - Akasaka Hikawa [Air Defense Corps] Branch Akasaka (including the neighboring area of Aoyama) was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947. reverse 昭和十ー年度 - 1936 防空演習参加精勤記念章 - Air Defense...

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/kyoto-prefecture-keibodan-association-gojo-branch-diligence-badge.25233/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/kyoto-prefecture-keibodan-association-ayabe-branch-diligence-badge.25346/ Obverse 精勤 - Diligence; Good Attendance reverse 京都府警防協會 - Kyoto...

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 眞砂 - Masago reverse 本郷區第七分會 - Hongo Ward [Tokyo] 7th Branch 眞砂班精勤章 - Masago Group Diligence Badge

1st stamp variation. Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Reverse 教練精勤章 - Training and Dedication [lit. drill good attendance] Badge 深川區青年團 - Fukagawa District [Tokyo] Youth League

Obverse 南田辺青年團 - Minamitanabe Youth League 精勤 - Diligence; Good Attendance

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Suspension 昭和十一年十月度 - 1936 防空演習 - Air Defense Maneuvers obverse 浅草區防護團正徳分團 - Asakusa Ward (Tokyo) Air Defense Corps Shōtoku Branch 精勤章- Diligence/Good Attendance Badge

1st variation "early" badge. Obverse 精勤章 - Diligence Badge reverse 十年勤續 - 10 Years of Continuous Work/Service 福岡縣産業報國聯合會 - Fukuoka Prefecture Industrial Patriotic Service Confederation 昭和十五年 - 1940

Obverse Tokyo city emblem. 精勤章 - Diligence Service reverse 京橋區警防團 - Kyobashi Ward Keibodan 第九分團 - 9th Branch 昭和十四年三月十日 - March 10, 1939

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/kyoto-prefecture-keibodan-association-gojo-branch-diligence-badge.25233/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/kyoto-prefecture-keibodan-association-matsubara-branch-diligence-badge.27136/ Obverse 精勤 - Diligence; Good Attendance reverse 京都府警防協會 -...

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/kyoto-prefecture-keibodan-association-ayabe-branch-diligence-badge.25346/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/kyoto-prefecture-keibodan-association-matsubara-branch-diligence-badge.27136/ Obverse 精勤 - Diligence; Good Attendance reverse 京都府警防協會 -...

1941 badge. Obverse 表彰 - Award; Commendation Inside the emblem 鑛 for 鑛山 - Mining reverse 精勤章 - Diligence Badge 皇紀二千六百一年 - 1941 大日本産業報國會 - Greater Japan Industrial Patriotic Service Association 大阪地方鑛山部會 - Osaka Region Mining Branch of Association

1st variation "thick kanji". Obverse 精勤 - Diligence; Good Attendance

Obverse 精勤 -Diligence; Good Attendance reverse 京都府 - Kyoto Prefecture 警防協會 - Keibodan Association

Badge had three classes. First two classes were made in pure silver or silver-colored alloy and third class in bronze. The suspension of 1st class badges reads 一等精勤章 - 1st class badge for diligent work Reverse (regardless of class) reads 日本海員掖済会 - Japan Seafarers Relief Association...

1st variation (marked "pure silver"). Specimen from personal collection. Obverse 青訓指導員 - Youth Training Instructor 精勤賞 - Diligence/Good Attendance Award 愛知県 - Aichi Prefecture Diamond cut kanji. Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

Obverse 精勤章 - badge for diligent work Reverse 稿勞章 - award badge 福岡縣鑛工聯合會 - Fukuoka Prefecture Miners' Federation Original case. Case lid reads 精勤十年章 - badge for ten years of diligent work 稿勞章 - award badge 福岡縣鑛工聯合會 - Fukuoka Prefecture Miners' Federation Variation of the badge (by...