japanese imperial army badge

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...

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 郷軍 - Reservist reverse 於北海道 - In Hokkaido 陸軍特別大演習 - Army Special Large Maneuvers 御親閲参加記念章 - Imperial Inspection Participation Commemorative Badge 昭和十ー年 - 1936

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 輜一六 - 16th Transport/Motor Battalion/Regiment reverse 凱旋記念- Triumphant Return Commemorative 昭和十一年七月- July 1936 Original case. 凱旋記念- Triumphant Return Commemorative

Size 25.6 mm. Thickness 2.3 mm. Weight 8.7 g. Reverse 四國特別大演習記念 - Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan) Special Large Maneuvers Commemorative Badge 大正十一年十一月 - November 1922

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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...

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Reverse 御大典記念 - Enthronement Commemorative 於野砲兵第五連隊 - In 5th Field Artillery Regiment 昭和三年十一月 - November 1928

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 誠信禮忠武質 - Sincerity and Loyalty reverse 相模陸軍造兵廠 - Sagami Army Arsenal Sagami Army Arsenal or the 6th Arsenal of the Imperial Japanese Army was located in the city of Sagamihara, in Kanagawa Prefecture...

Interesting and quite rare badges. Early anonymous badge. Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner.

Rare watch fobs with interesting design. Obverse 戦技 - Combat Skills reverse 皇紀二六〇一年 - 1941 水戸陸軍飛行學第六期 - Mito Army Flight School 6th Class 陸軍航空通信學校第一期 - Army Aviation Signal School 1st Class (established in August 1940 as part of the Mito Army Flight School and moved to a new facility...

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...

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

Reverse 模範念彰 - Exemplary [Member] Commemorative Award 帝國在鄉軍人會 - Imperial Military Reservist Association 東淀川區聨合分會 - Higashiyodogawa Ward (one of 24 wards of Osaka) Branch of Association Marked 純 for 純銀 - pure silver. Original case. 模範會員章 - Exemplary Member of Association Badge Badge...

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

Original case. 下士官用操縦徽章 - Non-commissioned Officer's Pilot Badge On the back side of the case label of Handaya Watch Shop /半田屋時計店/ in Tokorozawa https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-manufactured-by-handaya-watch-shop.26054/

Reverse 所澤陸軍飛行李校 - Tokorozawa Army Aviation School Original case. Watch fob was made by Handaya Watch Shop /半田屋時計店/ in Tokorozawa https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-manufactured-by-handaya-watch-shop.26054/

Anonymous specimen from personal collection. Comparative size.

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