Women's Patriotic Association, Greater Japan Women's National Defense Association and Greater Japan Youth and Child Group, were merged in February, 1942, to create the Greater Japan Women's Association.
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愛国婦人会広島県支部 - Patriotic Women's Association Hiroshima Prefecture Branch
第三回総会記念 - 3rd General Assembly Commemorative
Original case.
Obidomes were manufactured by Yamagata Motobei workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/history-badges-and-labels-of-yamagata-motobei-workshop.21252/
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愛國婦人會栃木縣支部 - Tochigi Prefecture Branch of Women's Patriotic Association
賛成員章 - Supporting Membership Badge
Original paper wrapper.
This badge was manufactured by 豊國堂 - Toyokuni-dō workshop from 宇都宮市 - Utsunomiya City.
Prior to the China Incident, there were several nationwide women's organizations supervised by different Ministries. Under the Ministry of Education were the Greater Japan Federation of Women's Groups (Dai Nippon Rengo Fujinkai), which was founded in 1930, and the Greater Japan Federation of...