imperial japanese army badge

Obverse 東軍 - Eastern Army /Eastern District Army (東部軍, Tōbugun) was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army responsible for the defense of the Kantō region and northern Honshū during the Pacific War. It was one of the regional commands in the Japanese home islands reporting to the General...

At the end of November 1925, Fengjun general Guo Songling led his troops back to Shenyang from Shanhaiguan in an attempt to overthrow Zhang Zuolin's rule in the three eastern provinces. One month later, Guo's army was defeated in the Liaohe River and Guo was killed. Commentators mostly attribute...

See also Regular Member's badge https://asiamedals.info/threads/2nd-infantry-regiment-battle-flag-supporting-association-regular-member-badge.23904/ Obverse 奉讃 - Support Given to a Temple/Shrine or Association reverse 歩兵第二聯隊 - 2nd Infantry Regiment 軍旗奉讃會 - Battle Flag Supporting...

Size 27 x 19 mm. Weight 7 g. Reverse 明治三十七八年戦役紀念 - 1904-1905 War Commemorative 後備歩兵第五十聯隊 - 50th Reserve Infantry Regiment Original case.

The Noborito Research Institute (登戸研究所/Noborito Kenkyūjo), officially the Army Ninth Technical Research Institute (第9陸軍技術研究所/Dai-kyū Rikugun Gijutsu Kenkyūjo), was a military development laboratory run by the Imperial Japanese Army from 1939 to 1945. Based at a compound in the Noborito area of...

See https://asiamedals.info/threads/army-tractor-driver-badge-history.27808/ Cupronickel. Size 37 x 36 mm.

Established on September 1, 1942 by Army Military Ordinance No.13 /軍令陸第十三號/ . Badge was issued to drivers of tractors/ towing vehicles for "outstanding driving performance". Badge has one class and was issued only to soldiers. Badges were made in cupronickel. Original name of the badge...

Size 26.3 mm. Thickness 2 mm. Weight 8.3 g. Obverse 記念 - Commemorative reverse Crossed Flags of Empire of Japan and Reformed Government of the Republic of China https://asiamedals.info/forums/provisional-reorganized-china-national-government.595/ 南漢井地區 - Nanhanjing Region /Shanxi...

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 第三十七回軍旗祭 - 37th Military Flag Festival 賞 - Award reverse 昭和十年四月四日 - April 4, 1935 歩兵第三十四聯隊留守隊 - 34th Infantry Regiment Garrison Duty Squad

Obverse 演習参加章 - Maneuvers Participation Badge reverse 昭和十六年十月 - October 1941 大阪府食糧國防團 - Osaka Prefecture Food National Defense Team

1st variation. Reverse 皇軍慰問寫眞應募記念章 - Imperial Army Comfort/Consolation Photography Recruitment Commemorative Badge 賞 - Award 京都國産寫眞材料愛用會 - Kyoto Domestic Photo Materials Association

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Reverse 昭和十一年 - 1936 外蒙事件 - Outer Mongolia Incident 出動記念 - Dispatch Commemorative "MANCHURIAN-MONGOLIAN FRONTIER. 7 and 8. Mr. CREECH JONES asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether he will make a statement with regard to the situation on the Manchukuo-Mongolian...

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

Reverse 少年戦車兵 - Youth/Boy Tankman 第二期生 - 2nd Class Graduating Student /230 students of 2nd class graduated on November 10, 1942/

Gilded silver. Original case.

Reverse 特別賞 - Special Award 騎兵第一聯隊 - 1st Cavalry Regiment

Obverse 第十四師團 - 14th Division 賞 - Award reverse 大正十四年度 - 1925 師團騎術 - Divisional Cavalry 競技會 - Competition

Reverse 賞 - Award 陸軍士官学學 /Rikugun Shikan Gakkō/ - Army Military Academy Original case.

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.