commemorative badge

Obverse Firefighting service emblem reverse 昭和八年拾月廿八日 - 28 October,1933 陸軍特別大演習 - Army Special Large Maneuvers 地方行幸消防御親閲記念 - Imperial Visit to Local Regions Firefighting [Brigades] Imperial Review/Inspection Commemorative 福井県 - Fukui Prefecture 石川県 - Ishikawa Prefecture 富山県 - Toyama...

Obverse 啓行方地大演習 - Large Land Maneuvers 記念 - Commemorative reverse 大正三年十一月 - November 1913 富山縣- Toyama Prefecture

Obverse 特別大演習 - Special Large Maneuvers reverse 茨城県 - Ibaraki Prefecture 特別大演習 - Special Large Maneuvers 行幸記念 - Imperial Visit Commemorative 1929

大正六年陸軍特別大演習 - 1917 Army Special Large Maneuvers 彦根町 - Hikone Town https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone,_Shiga 委員之章 - Committee Member Made by 若林条店 - Wakabayashi store 彦根町 - Hikone Town

Reverse 京都市自治六十周年記念 - Kyoto City 60th Anniversary of Autonomy Commemorative 昭33.10.15 = October 15, 1958

Obverse In the red enamelled circle 防空 - Air Defense Vertically 昭和九年防空演習記念 - 1934 Air Defense Maneuvers Commemorative Horizontally 芝区壹壱ノ部分團 - Shiba Ward (Tokyo) 1st Branch Case. 防空記念 - Air Defense Commemorative Salty specimen.

Reverse 神奈川區防護團 - Kanagawa Ward Air Raid Defense Corps 神奈川分團 - Kanagawa Branch 昭和十一年度 - 1936 防空演習記念 - Air Defense Maneuvers Commemorative

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/stationing-in-manchuria-commemorative-badges-and-watch-fobs.26091/#post-356936 Reverse 皇紀二五九二年 - 1932 日支事変凱旋記念 - Japan-China Incident (instead of typical "Manchurian Incident") Triumphal Return Commemorative 歩兵第十五聯隊 - 15th Infantry Regiment...

Celluloid badge. Size 19.11 mm. Obverse 満州事変 - Manchurian Incident 勃發記念章 - Outbreak Commemorative Another example.

Obverse 記念章 - commemorative badge reverse 昭和十三年三月 - March 1938 交通整理補助 - traffic control assistance/auxiliary 参加記念 - participation commemoration

Reverse 在校記念 - School Attendance Commemorative 陸軍騎兵學校教導隊 - Army Cavalry School Instructors Corps 準士官下士官團 - Warrant Officer Noncommissioned Officer Group

Obverse 記念行章 - Commemorative Badge Reverse 昭和五年 - 1930 帝國在郷軍人會 - Imperial Military Reservist Association 静岡支部 - Shizuoka Branch

Obverse 臥薪嘗胆 - "to lie on firewood and lick a gall bladder"; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance; going through thick and thin to attain one's objective reverse 大正十三年五月 - May 1924 帝國在郷軍人會 - Imperial Military Reservist Association 東京市聯合大會 - Tokyo Branch General Assembly...

Reverse 帝国在郷軍人會 創立満弐拾五年記念 - Imperial Military Reservist Association 25th Anniversary of the Founding 板橋區聨合分會 - Itabashi Ward (Tokyo) Branch of Association 昭和十年十月五日 - October 5, 1935

Obverse 御親閲記念 - Imperial personal inspection commemorative Reverse 帝国在郷軍人會 - Imperial Military Reservist Association - president 総裁閑院宮殿下御親閲 - His Imperial Highness President Kan'in personal inspection 昭和九年 - 1934

Diameter of the medal 40 mm. Height with suspension 72 mm. Suspension width 52 mm. Obverse 伏見宮殿下 - Prince Fushimi Sadanaru https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Fushimi_Sadanaru 奉迎 - Welcome Reverse H.I.H. Prince Fushimi royal ambassador and envoy extraordinary to the court of St...

Interesting badge from 1936. Reverse 昭和一 一. 四.二五 - April, 25, 1936 米国出征従軍老兵會 - Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars Visit of the delegation of the American Veterans of Foreign Wars to Japan in 1936 was headed by the...

A few of my favorite badges from personal collection. For starters. Obverse 北京 - Beijing 郎坊 - Langfang 保定 - Baoding 天津 - Tianjin 倉州 - Cangzhou 徳州 - Dezhou Reverse 支那事変記念 - China Incident Commemorative 永田部隊 - Nagata Unit Marked pure silver. Original case.