japanese army watch fob

Size 30 mm. Obverse 賞 - Award reverse Emblem of Independent Garrison Unit 第二二三部隊 - Unit No.223

1st variation. Reverse 皇軍慰問寫眞應募記念章 - Imperial Army Comfort/Consolation Photography Recruitment Commemorative Badge 賞 - Award 京都國産寫眞材料愛用會 - Kyoto Domestic Photo Materials Association

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/

Index thread. https://asiamedals.info/threads/50th-anniversary-plaque-and-watch-fob-of-the-imperial-rescript-to-to-soldiers-and-sailors-medaru.24486/#post-351601

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

https://asiamedals.info/threads/temporary-dispatch-to-korea-commemorative-watch-fob.26568/

Watch fob with a same design of obverse https://asiamedals.info/threads/suppression-of-taiwan-barbarians-commemorative-watch-fob.27521/ Obverse 振武 = 神武 /Shinbu/ - "military might" or, in the narrow sense, "sublime martial moral power". The idea of shinbu embraces physical, spiritual and...

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. 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

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

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...

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

Reverse 陸軍特別大演習 - Army Special Large Maneuvers 記念 - Commemorative 参加 - Participation [Units] 第一師團 - 1st Division 第九師團 - 9th Division 第十三師團 - 13th Division 第十六師團 - 16th Division 大正十三年 - 1924

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/ ...

The Tauran Incident /タウラン事件/ was fought between forces of the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Japan and Manchukuo, during the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts, for control of the Mongolian border village of Tauran. On March 11, 1936 128 men of the Mongolian People's Army, accompanied by six Soviet...

歩7.1 - 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Batallion 西比利亞 - Siberia 出征紀念 - Expedition [departure for the front] Commemorative In the center of obverse Imperial Military Reservist Association emblem https://asiamedals.info/forums/imperial-military-reservist-association-badges.611/

Oberse 渡部隊 - Watari Unit 渡 /Watari/ was the code of 14th Army /第14軍/. Most likely Watari Unit = 2nd Signal Regiment of 14th Army Reverse. Signal unit emblem.

Manufactured by Crispulo Zamora workshop, Manila. Watch fob in silver. Size 30 x 38 mm. Weight 19.68 g. Obverse 比島攻略戦紀念 - Battle of the Philippines Commemorative 昭和拾六年拾弍月廿七日 - December 27, 1941 reverse 大東亜戦争 - Greater East Asian War 渡第八八五七部隊 - Watanabe No. 8857 Unit Marked SILVER...

Silver plated bronze. Watch fobs were manufactured by Crispulo Zamora workshop in Manila. Ring is lost. Obverse 比島 - Philippines reverse 大東亜戦争記念 - Greater East Asian War Commemorative 垣 六五六一 部隊 = Unit 垣 6561 = 16th Transportation Corps Regiment 2601 = 1941

See https://asiamedals.info/threads/50th-anniversary-of-emperor-meiji-rescript-to-soldiers-and-sailors-commemorative-badges-and-watch-fobs.26762/ Undated but it was made in 1932 to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors...