japanese army pilot badge

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/japanese-non-commissioned-officers-pilot-badge-with-two-hallmarks.26855/ Silver, gilt, enamel. Size 51.7 × 37.2 mm. Marked 純銀 - pure silver 純金張 - pure gold plated Punched with "3". S

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Engraved 戦闘第八七期 - 87th [Aerial] Combat Class 伊橋哲夫 - Tetsuo Ihashi

Gifu Army Flight School /岐阜陸軍飛行学校/ was established in August 1940 with the main purpose of educating pilot candidates and non-commissioned officer candidates. The school headquarters /and school headquarters/ were located in Unuma Village, Inaba District, Gifu Prefecture (present-day eastern...

修業證書 - Training Certificate Issued to 陸軍航空兵軍曹 - Army Flight Sergeant on 昭和八年二月二十八日 - February 28, 1933 Badge.

All-stamped badge in light metal alloy. 贈 - Gift 市川寿 - Ichikawa Hisashi Original case. Typical late war lodgment and overall quality. Silver inscription 陸軍飛行機操縦徽章 - Army Aircraft Pilot Badge

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

Army Airplane Piloting Mastery Badge /陸軍飛行機操縦術修得徽章/ was established on June 23, 1913 (regulation was published on June 24, 1913). Original line drawings and description. Original Army Ordinance No. 5 /軍令陸第五號/ published in Official Gazette on June 24, 1913. Between 1913 and 1940 badge had...

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.

Reverse engraved 第四期生 - 4th Class 黒岩 - Kuroiwa Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

Reverse engraved 所澤陸軍飛行學校 - Tokorozawa Army Flight School 第六十二期操縦學生 - 62nd Pilot Class 昭和十二年度 - 1937 明野 - Akeno [Army Flight School] 乙種 - B-Grade /B/"Otsu"/乙 training program, i.e. 6 months fighter pilots training followed by the assignment of an officer rank/ 學生 - Student Marked 純銀 - pure...

Field repaired badge. The reverse pin and hood were replaced and resoldered. Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Reverse engraved 第五十八期生 - 58th Class 竹本伍長 - Corporal Takemoto

NCO's badge. Reverse 第九十三期生 - 93rd Class Engraved 齋藤邦夫 - Kunio Saitō

Reverse 宇都宮 - Utsunomiya 陸軍飛行學校 - Army Flight School 第九十一期生 - 91st Class Engraved 伊藤三郎 - Ito Saburo

The Tachiarai Army Flight School opened in 1940 and trained many pilots who took part in kamikaze operations in the last year of the war. The Tachiarai Flight School had a branch school in Chiran (Kagoshima Prefecture), where many Army pilots departed to make suicide attacks on the American...

Engraved 武市篤 - Takechi Atsushi marked 純銀 - pure silver. Original case. 下士官用操縦徽章 - Non-commissioned Officer's Pilot Badge 古谷野時計店 - Koyano Watch Shop Shimodate city, Ibaraki Prefecture

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/japanese-officers-pilot-badge-with-two-hallmarks.27993/ Interesting badge. Engraved 第五十五期 - Fifty-fifth Term/Class 吉田 - Yoshida Marked 純銀 - pure silver 金張 - gold plated Original case. 下士官用操縦徽章 - Non-commissioned Officer's Pilot Badge

Manufacturer (as well as time of production) is unknown. Most likely quality post war replicas. Size 54×37 mm. All such badges have same inscription at reverse 陸軍軍用機 - Army Military Aircraft 操縦術修得徽章 - Piloting Mastery Badge

将校用操縦徽章 - Officer's Pilot Badge

The Tachiarai Army Flight School opened in 1940 and trained many pilots who took part in kamikaze operations in the last year of the war. The Tachiarai Flight School had a branch school in Chiran (Kagoshima Prefecture), where many Army pilots departed to make suicide attacks on the American...

Reverse 2596 = 1936 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative 熊谷陸軍飛行学校 - Kumagaya Army Flight School 第二期操縦生徒 - 2nd Class of Pilot Trainees (school was established in 1935) Engraved 齋藤 - Saitō