japanese army aviation school graduation badge

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Unfortunately most of the inscriptions on the reverse have been erased. Obverse 少飛 for 少年飛行兵 - Youth Pilots Emblem of the Air Signal Unit...

Obverse 航空 - Aviation 無線 - Radio reverse 紀元2602 - 1942 engraved 廣川抗三郎 - Hirokawa Kōsaburō 陸軍航空通信學校 - Army Aviation Signal School 第一期無線學生 - 1st Class/Term of Radio Operators

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/army-aviation-maintenance-school-26th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob.27632/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/1942-army-aviation-maintenance-school-24th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob-1942.27566/...

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/army-aviation-maintenance-school-25th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob.27626/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/1942-army-aviation-maintenance-school-26th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob-1942.27774/...

Nicely designed watch fob after army pilot badge https://asiamedals.info/forums/army-pilot-badges.613/ Obverse 無線 - Wireless reverse 皇紀2601年 - 1941 陸軍少年飛行兵第四期 - Army Youth Airmen 4th Term/Class /see...

Obverse 無線 - Wireless/Radio reverse engraved 通信 - Signal [School] 手土屋要 - Tsuchiya Kaname

Reverse 第九回 - 9th 機関學生 - Engine [Maintenance] Student 2598 - 1938 Engraved 村上 - Murakami Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/army-aviation-maintenance-school-18th-b-class-yokaren-program-graduation-watch-fob.29237/ Size 54.5 x 53.2 mm. Obverse 航整 for 航空整備 - Aircraft Maintenance reverse 2001 - 1941 陸軍航空整備學校 - Army Aviation Maintenance School 第十八面乙種生 - 18th class...

Obverse 関機 - Engine 大東亜戦争 - Greater East Asian War reverse 皇紀2602 - 1942 陸軍航空整備学校 - Army Aviation Maintenance School 第二十八回機関学生 - 28th Engine Student + Engraved name.

1944 watch fobs https://asiamedals.info/threads/1944-army-aviation-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fobs-2604.29013/ 96th Regular Class of Aircraft Piloting. Reverse 皇紀2603年 - 1943 第九十六期普通科飛行機 - 96th Regular Class of Aircraft Piloting 整備術練習生卒業記念 - Maintenance Practice Trainee...

Kumagaya Army Flight School pilot badges https://asiamedals.info/threads/kumagaya-army-flight-school-graduates-pilot-badges.26689/. Obverse 爆撃 - Bombing reverse 2601 - 1941 熊谷陸軍飛行學校 - Kumagaya Army Flight School 第十期操縦生徒 - 10th Pilot Trainee Class /Term/ Engraved 南 - Minami

Obverse 操縦 - Flying (a plane) Utsunomiya Army Flight School emblem and Skull and Bones emblem. revers 皇紀2602年 - 1942 宇都宮陸軍飛行學校 - Utsunomiya Army Flight School 第八十七期操縦學生 - 87th Pilot Class Trainee

Size 54 x 30 mm. Thickness 2 mm. Obverse 13 for 13th class 関機 - Engine reverse 2603 - 1943 陸軍航空整備学校 - Army Aviation Maintenance School 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative Engraved 美濃德彌 - Tokuya Mino Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

Reverse 所沢陸軍飛行学校 - Tokorozawa Army Flight School 第一期操縦生徒卒業記念 - 1st Class /Term/ Pilot Graduation Commemorative

Reverse 所沢陸軍飛行學校 - Tokorozawa Army Flight School 第二十八期機関學生 - 28th Term of Engine [Maintenance] Students 2595 = 1935

Size 45×45 mm. Thickness 2 mm. Weight 40 g. Obverse 航 for 航空 - Aviation 通 for 通信 - Signal reverse 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative 陸軍航空通信學校 - Army Aviation Signal School 第五期下士官學生 - 5th Non-commissioned Officer Class Engraved 山本運三 - Yamamoto Unzo