Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner.
Obverse
警防 - Keibo /Defense/ for 警防団 - Keibodan
reverse
財團法人 - Foundation
大日本警防協會 - Dai Nippon [Greater Japan] Keibō Kyōkai [Civil Defense Association]
静岡縣支部二俣支會 - Futamata Branch of Shizuoka Prefecture Branch...
civil defense association merit badge
greater japan civil defense association badge
japanese badge
japanese civil defense badge
japanese civil defense corps badge
keibodan award badge
keibodan nagano prefecture branch merit badge
大日本警防協会功労章
大日本警防協会章
大日本警防協会長野県支部功労章
See also badges of the same design https://asiamedals.info/threads/greater-japan-civil-defense-association-saitama-branch-special-merit-badge.26929/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/saitama-prefecture-keibodan-badge.24748/
Bakelite.
Width 32 mm.
Obverse
埼 for 埼玉県 - Saitama Prefecture...
Late-war badge made in bakelite. See early metal-made badge of Shinobi police station https://asiamedals.info/threads/greater-japan-civil-defense-association-saitama-branch-special-merit-badge.24959/ and https://asiamedals.info/threads/saitama-prefecture-keibodan-badge.24748/. Another late-war...