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  1. Naval Engineering School Award Medals/海軍機関学校牌

    Naval Engineering School /Kaigun Kikan Gakkō/ specialized in training naval engineering officers and NCOs. Originally Naval Engineering School was established in 1881 and was merged into the Naval Academy in 1887. In 1893 the Naval Engineering School was reestablished. It was abolished in 1945...
  2. Navy Short-Term Active Service Completion Badge/海軍短期現役兵終了章

    Graduates of some Japanese civilian universities (military medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, technology, accounting and legal affairs) were eligible for a short-term service in the Imperial Navy. They were awarded the rank of junior officer and worked in their specialty for two (rather than the...
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