japanese army badge

Lid stamped with 下士勤功章 - NCO Diligent Service Badge Manufacturer ink stamp inside, 東京 - Tokyo 小林又七製 - Made by Kobayashi Matashichi https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-made-by-kobayashi-matashichi-workshop.26352/

1st variation "unmarked". Original case. 下士勤功章 - NCO Diligent Service Badge 大阪市東區上本町一 - 1 Uehonmachi, East District, Osaka City 和田彦太郎 - Hikotarō Wada https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-made-by-hikotaro-wada-workshop.26351/ 納 - Supplied by

Army Marksmanship Badge manufacturers. Munitions Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo Original case for the 2nd class badge. 軍需品製造株式會社 - Munitions Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 東京 - Tokyo

Silvered variation. Specimen from personal collection. Obverse 歩四八退營記念 - 48th Infantry Regiment Military Service Retirement Commemorative

Size 27 x 39 mm. Obverse 渡 for 渡邊滋 - Shigeru Watanabe reverse 勇猛 - Bravery 果敢 - Determination 渡邊滋部隊從軍記念 - Shigeru Watanabe Unit Service 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

Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse MG for Maschinengewehr = Machine Gun reverse 昭和一四年度- 1939 機関銃幹部候補生 - Machine Gun Officer Candidate Case. Watch fob was made by Tokyo workshop 塚本徽章製作所 - Tsukamoto Medal Works.

See also these badges with similar design https://asiamedals.info/threads/manchurian-incident-commemorative-badges-and-watch-fobs.23177/page-3#post-349361; https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-of-kwantung-army-flying-corps.20131/ ...

Obverse 野戰砲兵學校　Field Artillery School

Badge (converted into a watch fob) in the form of army pilot badge. Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Reverse 近衛飛行越第七聯隊 - 7th Guards Air Regiment (Rentai) 在隊記念 - Military Service Commemorative

Type 1938 badge was established in two types on August 3, 1938: Type A /Kōshu - 甲種軍人傷痍記章/ badge for battle wounds and Type B /Otsushu - 乙種軍人傷痍記章/ for non-combat wounds or illness. Wound badges of old types were to be exchanged for the new type 1938. Original line drawings of both types...

1st type "flat reverse" badges. 1940 early badge in pure silver. Marked 純銀 - pure silver. 紀元二千六百年 - 2600 Imperial Year = 1940 小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge Engraved number 第十八號 - No. 18 and name 竹内敏之 - Takeuchi Toshiyuki Details.

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 誠 - Faithfulness reverse 2600 = 1940 陸軍土官學校 - Imperial Japanese Army Academy 第五十四期 - 54th Class [Term] 遠藤部隊 - Endo Unit 掛川隊 - Kakegawa Corps 卒業訣別記念 - Graduation Farewell Commemorative

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/manchurian-incident-commemorative-badges-and-watch-fobs.23177/ Obverse 満州駐屯紀念 - Stationing in Manchuria Commemorative reverse In Japan dragonfly often used as a symbol of bravery. The Japanese believed (mistakenly) that the dragonfly does not fly...

Interesting badge. Probably Navy-related. Reverse 長期 - Long Term 奉公 - Service

Reverse 義勇 - Courage and Loyalty 第十六師團 - 16th Division 側車隊員章 - Sidecar [of motorcycle] Unit Member badge

Obverse 表彰 - Commendation/Award reverse engraved with 賞 - Award 八ツ保村 - Yatsubo Village

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 功勞 - Merit reverse 贈呈 - [Presented as a] Gift 昭和拾ー年参月 - March 1936 小石川區防護團 - Koishikawa Ward (Bunkyo, Tokyo) Air Defense Corps This oversized badge has diameter more than 50 mm. Comparative size...

Obverse 陸軍特別大演習 - Army Special Large Maneuvers Inside the scroll 宿管記念- Accommodation Commemorative 大正十年十一月 - November 1921 reverse 日本橋區第六部旬志 - Nihonbashi Ward (Tokyo) 6th Section Shunshi

Badge with identical design and inscriptions but issued by Kagoshima Prefecture https://asiamedals.info/threads/1935-army-special-large-maneuvers-kagoshima-prefecture-imperial-visit-security-guard-commemorative-badge.25932/ Obverse Police and Firefighting emblems reverse 昭和十年 - 1935...