japanese badge

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 記念 - Commemorative reverse 帝國在郷軍人會 - Imperial Military Reservist Association 神田區聨合分會 - Kanda Ward Branch of Association 創立 - Founding/Establishment 昭和十年四月十六日 - April 16, 1935

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...

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 防空 - Air Defense reverse 昭和十ー年九月 - September 1936 福島県防空大演習 - Fukushima Prefecture Air Defense Large Maneuvers 参加記念章 - Participation Commemorative Badge 平町青年團 - Tairamachi (town located in Meguro-ku...

Reverse 梨本宮殿下 - His Imperial Highness Prince Nashimoto 御視閲記念 - Highest Inspection Commemorative 福島縣警防協會 - Fukushima Prefecture Civil Defense Association 昭和十七年五月廿六日 - May 26, 1942

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 防 - Defense 神田 - Kanda (area in northeastern Chiyoda, Tokyo) 第三分團 - 3rd Branch reverse 参加記念章 - Participation Commemorative Badge 昭和十年七月 - July 1930

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 錦町警防團 - Nishikicho (district of Chiyoda, Tokyo) Keibodan reverse 昭和十四年四月 - April 1939 結成記念 - Formation Commemorative

Obverse Turkish and Japanese National Flags. Reverse Ertuğrul Anıtı Açılışı - Ertuğrul Monument Opening 3-6-1937 - June 3, 1937 エルトゥールル号 - Ertuğrul 吊魂碑 - Monument to Perished 捺幕式記念 - Opening Ceremony Commemorative

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/1937-sen-man-visit-commemorative-badge.25830/; Obverse Sen Man /鮮満/ - Korea and Manchuria reverse 朝日鮮満旅行 - Asahi Trip to Korea and Manchuria /Asahi Shimbun (朝日新聞, lit. "morning sun newspaper") is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan...

Post-war watch fob. Obverse Five virtues of a soldier. Loyalty. The soldier should consider loyalty his essential duty. "Remember that the protection of the state and the maintenance of its power depend upon the strength of its arms. ... Bear in mind that duty is weightier than a mountain...

Badge with identical design and inscriptions but issued by Miyazaki Prefecture https://asiamedals.info/threads/1935-army-special-large-maneuvers-miyazaki-prefecture-imperial-visit-security-guard-commemorative-badge.25933/ See also...

Obverse 陸軍特別大演習御警衛記念 - Army Special Large Maneuvers Imperial Security Guarding Commemorative reverse 帝國在鄉軍人會 - Imperial Military Reservist Association 福山支部 - Fukuyama Branch 昭和五年十一月十四日 - November 14, 1930

Obverse 英国皇太子殿下御警衛記念 - His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of the United Kingdom Security Guard Commemorative reverse 大正十弌年四月 - April 1922 靜岡縣 - Shizuoka Prefecture Original case. 英国皇太子殿下 - His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of the United Kingdom 御警衛記念章 - Security Guard [Escort]...

Both badges are from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. 1st variation "silvered". Obverse 自警 - Self-Police Corps /Neighborhood Watch/ reverse 住吉町 - Sumiyoshi Town (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo) 昭和七年十ー月 - November 1932 特别大演習記念 - Special Large Maneuvers Commemorative

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 表彰 - Commendation; Award 大阪聨合少年團 - Osaka Boy Scouts Union

Size 32 x 19 mm. Obverse 特别大演習記念 - Special Large Maneuvers Commemorative reverse 昭和七年十ー月 - November 1932 渥美自警團 - Atsumi Self-Police Corps /Neighborhood Watch/ Marked 純 -pure [silver]

Obverse 榮久 - Everlasting Glory (?) reverse 第一回防空演習記念 - 1st Air Defense Maneuvers Commemorative 荒木陸軍大臣閣下視察 - Inspected by His Excellency Araki, Minister of War 昭和八年八月 - August 1933 Original case. Stamped in red ink 記念 - Commemorative

Obverse 大元帥陛下御親閲 - His Majesty Grand Marshal of the Japanese Empire Personal Inspection 特别大演習参加記念 - Special Large Maneuvers Participation Commemorative 歩四九 - 49th Infantry Regiment reverse 昭和九年十ー月 - November 1934 於加部関東平野 - In Kanto Plain 参加部隊 - Participating Units 衛兵師團 - Guards Division...

Obverse 表彰 - Commendation reverse 東武鉄道指定運送取扱人會 - Tobu Railway Designated Transport Agent Association 昭和十六年 - 1941

Obverse 肉弾三勇士 - Three Heroic Human Bullets reverse 昭和七年廟行鎭 - 1932 Mausoleum Visit 二月二十二日の戰闘 - Battle of 22nd February

Shin-Aichi is a daily newspaper that was first published in 1888 in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. One of the predecessors of the Chunichi Shimbun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunichi_Shimbun See also these threads...