japanese aviation school graduation watch fob

Reverse 皇紀二千六百二年 - 1942 第四十六期高科 - 46th Class Advanced [Program] 整備術練習生 - [Aviation] Maintenance Trainee 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative

Watch fob from a personal collection. Obverse 機関 - Engine reverse 皇紀2601年 - 1941 陸軍航空整備學校 - Army Aviation Maintenance School 第二十一回 - 21st 乙種學生 - B [Otsu] class [Aviation Mechanics Flight Reserve] Trainee Class Engraved 鉾之原 - Hokonohara In 1928, a new program was created to enable...

Size 51 х 33 mm. Obverse 関機 - Engine reverse 2601 - 1941 陸軍航空整備學校 - Army Aviation Maintenance School 第二十回學生 - 20th Class Engraved 北? - ?kuto

Late war watch fob. Very light because of the hollow construction. Size 60×48.3 mm. Thickness 3.8 mm. Weight 4.8 g. Obverse 13甲飛 - 13th A[-Class] Flight [Trainee] 土空 - Earth and Sky reverse 2604 - 1944 第十三期 - 13th Class 甲種飛行豫科練習生 - A-Class Trainee of Flight Reserve Trainee...

Gifu Army Aviation Maintenance School /岐阜陸軍航空整備学校/ was opened in April 1943. Its headquarters and main campus were located in Inaba County, Gifu Prefecture (present-day eastern Kakamigahara City), as well as its Nara Training Unit in Nara City , Nara Prefecture. In February 1945, the Gifu Army...

Obverse 甲豫 for A-Class Trainee reserve 2599 - 1939 第二期甲種 - 2nd class of A-Class Trainee /of 飛行豫科練習生 - Flight Reserve Trainee Program/Hikō Yoka Renshū-sei/Yokaren) 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative Marked 純銀 - pure silver. In 1928, a new program was created to enable civilian population...

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Reverse 2599 - 1939 第四十二期偵練 - 42th Reconnaissance Training [Class] 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative

About Tachiarai Army Flight School https://asiamedals.info/threads/tachiarai-army-flight-school-graduation-commemorative-watch-fobs.28468/ Details. Reverse 第一期 - 1st class 特別操縦習生 - Special Pilot Trainee 太刀洗 - Tachiarai 陸軍飛行學校 - Army Flight School 大邱教育隊 - Daegu Education Corps...

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/1942-army-aviation-maintenance-school-24th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob-1942.27566/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/army-aviation-maintenance-school-25th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob.27626/...

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 機関 - Engine 2600 - 1940 reverse 幹部候補生 - Officer Candidate Trainee 集合教高記念 - Educational Workshop [educational assembly] Сommemorative Engraved 提卯一郎 - Hisage Uichirō

See 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-24th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob-1942.27566/...

Reverse 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemoration 第十八期乙種 - 18th B/Otsu/-Class 飛行予科練習生 - Flight Preparatory Trainee

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/4th-flight-reserve-trainee-a-class-yokaren-program-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob-2600.27017/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/6th-flight-reserve-trainee-a-class-yokaren-program-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob.27033/ ...

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/...

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 偵察 - Reconnaissance reverse 昭和十五年九月 - September 1940 鈴鹿海軍航空隊 - Suzuka Air Group /established on October 1, 1938/ 第四十九期偵察練習生 - 49th Class of Reconnaissance Trainee 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative Engraved 川谷田 - Kawatani...

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 高整 - Advanced [Course in] Maintenance reverse 皇紀2603年 - 1943 第五十四期高等科整備術 - 54th Advanced Maintenance Course 信器電氣専習卒業記念 - Signaling Electronic Equipment Special Training Graduation Commemorative 第一期生 - 1st Class Trainee...

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Reverse 2597 - 1937 第五期高空雷 - 5th Class/Term of Advanced Aerial Torpedo Course 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemoration Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

Obverse 乙飛17 - 17th B-Class Flight 2604 - 1944 reserve 乙種第十七期 - B-Class [Flight Reserve Trainee] 17th class 飛行豫科練習生 - Flight Reserve Trainee Program (飛行予科練習生/Hikō Yoka Renshū-sei) a.k.a. Yokaren (予科練) 卒業記念- Graduation Commemorative In 1928, a new program was created to enable civilian...

Obverse 射高 - Shooting and Bombing Course reverse 皇紀2603年 - 1943 第十六期高等科航空兵器術 - 16th Advanced Course of Aviation Weaponry (射爆)卒業記念 - (Firing [of weapons] and Bombing) Graduation Commemorative Marked 純銀 - pure silver.