imperial japanese army watch fob

Size 31 × 23 mm. Reverse 架橋材料中隊 - Bridge Materials Company /unit of the Army Engineers responsible for operating, maintaining, and erecting portable and pontoon bridges/ 凱旋 - Triumphal Return 昭和七年四月 - April 1932

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/crossed-flag-sabre-and-rifle-design-army-special-large-maneuvers-watch-fobs.24158/#post-350652. Reverse 記念 - Commemorative 昭和三年 - 1928 第八師團 - 8th Division 特別大演習 - Special Large Maneuvers

Reverse 1928 朝鮮馬重砲 - Korean Horse Heavy Artillery 大禮 - Grand Ceremony/The Most Solemn of Ceremonies [i.e. Emperor Showa Enthronement] 除隊 - Discharge 記念 - Commemorative Details. Imperial Symbol - Hōō/Fenghuang/Phoenix Antique cannon.

Paperweight https://asiamedals.info/threads/bullet-case-on-a-horseshoe-commemorative-paperweights.26592/. Imperial Japanese Navy Day commemorative badges and watch fobs https://asiamedals.info/threads/imperial-japan-navy-commemoration-day-badges-a-k-a-rising-sun-flag-badges.28623/. Size 23.6...

Width 30 mm. Thickness 1.9 mm. Weight 10 g. Obverse 皇戦 - Imperial Army reverse 武漢武装錬成競走大会参加賞 - Wuhan Armed Training Competition Participation Award

Reverse 自昭和十一年九月 - From September 1936 至同十二年十二月 - To December 1937 討匪参加記念 - Suppression of Bandits Participation Commemorative 本溪縣下 - In Benxi Manchu Autonomous County 海倫縣下 - In Hailun County 步兵第五十七聯隊第六中隊 - 57th Infantry Regiment, 6th Company

Size 40 х 31 mm. Obverse 朱占魁 - Zhu Zankui /according to the PRC Marshal Nie Rongzhen‘s memoirs Zhu Zankui who was tenth subdistrict commander of the central Hebei district, was captured by the Japanese army on November 27, 1941, in Dalige Village, Qingyuan County, Hebei Province for a year...

Obverse Independent Garrison Unit emblem 忠勇 - Loyalty and Bravery reverse 上級司令部 - Higher Headquarters 中支那派遣軍 - Central China Expeditionary Army 宮島部隊 - Miyajima Unit

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.

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

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...

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/

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

Size 24×17 mm. Obverse 優賞 - Award of Excellence reverse 騎兵第二十五聯隊 - Twenty-fifth Cavalry Regiment

Size 65x50 mm. Obverse 射爆 - Bombing reverse 皇記2601年 - 1941 第十二期高等科航空兵器術 - 12th Advanced Course Air Weaponry 爆練習生卒業記念 - Explosives Course Graduation Commemorative

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Reverse 野砲第二十六聯隊 - 26th Field Artillery Regiment 龍山 - Longshan

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 機甲- Armor reverse 陸軍機甲整備學校 - Army Armor Maintenance School 第一次 - 1st Class 牽引車學生 - Tractor Student 2602 - 1942

Anonymous specimen from personal collection. Comparative size.