japanese imperial army badge

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Obverse 表彰 - Commendation/Award reverse engraved with 賞 - Award 八ツ保村 - Yatsubo Village

Obverse 在營記念 - Service [lit. in barracks] Commemorative reverse Five virtues of a soldier. https://asiamedals.info/threads/50th-anniversary-plaque-and-watch-fob-of-the-imperial-rescript-to-to-soldiers-and-sailors-medaru.24486/

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 勞功章 - Merit Badge 澁谷區仟々椿分會 - Shibuya District (Tokyo) Tsubaki Branch of Association

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 Kagoshima Prefecture https://asiamedals.info/threads/1935-army-special-large-maneuvers-kagoshima-prefecture-imperial-visit-security-guard-commemorative-badge.25932/ Obverse Police and Firefighting emblems reverse 昭和十年 - 1935...

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 Police emblem + 熊 for 熊本縣 - Kumamoto Prefecture reverse 陸軍特別大演習御警衛記念 - Army Special Large Maneuvers Imperial Security Guarding Commemorative 昭和六年 - 1931 熊本縣 - Kumamoto Prefecture Original case. Badges were manufactured by Naigai workshop /内外徽章製作所/.

Obverse 警察補助 - Auxiliary Police + Police emblem reverse 警察補助隊記章 - Auxiliary Police Badge 大正拾年 - 1921 陸軍特別大演習 - Army Special Large Maneuvers 神奈川縣 - Kanagawa Prefecture

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

Obverse Police emblem + 行幸記念 - Imperial Visit Commemorative + Firefighting emblem reverse 昭和九年度陸軍特別大演習 - 1934 Army Large Special Maneuvers 並地方行幸警衞記念 - Local [province; prefecture] Imperial Visit Security Guard Commemorative

Obverse Okayama prefecture emblem reverse 昭和五年十ー月 - November 1930 陸軍特別大演習工場安全委員徽章 - Army Large Special Maneuvers Plant Safety Committee Member Badge

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 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...

1st variation of design. Approximate size 20×30 mm. 33rd Infantry Regiment. Obverse 陸軍特別大演習 - Army Special Large Maneuvers In the center of reverse 國輝 - Nation Brilliance /Radiance; Shine/ Above 参加記念章 - Participation Commemorative Below 南軍 - South Army 第四 師團 - 4th Division 第五 師團...

Reverse 北韓 - Northen Korea 工一三ノ三 - 13th Engineer Batallion, 3rd Company 記念章 - Commemorative Badge

Formally introduced in August 1887. Earliest known official description of the badge from August 24, 1895. Obverse/reverse line drawings from 1912.

Independent garrison battalions collar insignia. Actual collar emblem.

Taisho Era Badges. 1926 Obverse 特別大演習記念章 - Special Large Maneuvers Commemorative Badge reverse 参加 - Participate 第六師團 - 6th Division 第十二師團 - 12th Division 大正十五年 = 1926

1st variation. Obverse 南軍司官白川大将 - South Army Commander General Shirakawa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinori_Shirakawa 北軍司官白井上大将 - North Army Commander General Inoue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadae_Inoue reverse 陸軍特別大演習 - Army Special Large Maneuvers 参加記念章 - Participation...