japanese military badge

1st variation "unmarked". Original case. 下士勤功章 - NCO Diligent Service Badge 大阪市東區上本町一 - 1 Uehonmachi, East District, Osaka City 和田彦太郎 - Hikotarō Wada https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-made-by-hikotaro-wada-workshop.26351/ 納 - Supplied by

Badges with similar design were commissioned by Shitaya Ward Air Raid Defense Corps https://asiamedals.info/threads/shitaya-ward-badges-for-participants-of-air-defense-maneuvers-in-kanto.23247/ Size 26 x 34 mm. Reverse 昭和十一年七月 - July, 1936 三市聯合防空大演習 - Three Cities Joint Air Defense...

Size 38 mm. Weight 17.8 g. Reverse 昭和十六年十二月八日 - December 8, 1941 宣戦大詔奉載 - Imperial Edict of Declaration of War 於北京進德社 - At Beijing Jinde Society/Company Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

Silvered variation. Specimen from personal collection. Obverse 歩四八退營記念 - 48th Infantry Regiment Military Service Retirement Commemorative

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. Reverse 野砲第二十六聯隊 - 26th Field Artillery Regiment 龍山 - Longshan

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

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse Osaka City Air Raid Defense Corps emblem https://asiamedals.info/threads/osaka-city-air-raid-defense-corps-badges.23260/ + 櫻宮 - Sakuranomiya reverse 櫻宮護分團 - Sakuranomiya Air Raid Defense Corps 昭和十一年九月 -...

Obverse 師団對抗演習委員會章 - Two Side Maneuvers (i.e. one division against the other division) Committee Member Badge reverse 昭和九年 - 1934 全羅北道 - Jeollabuk-do = North Jeolla Province, also known as Jeonbuk, is a province of South Korea. Most likely badge was converted into a belt buckle.

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

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 防 for 防空 - Air Defense reverse 昭和八年 - 1933 関東防空演習 - Kanto Air Defense Maneuvers 参加記念章 - Participation Commemorative Badge 麹町番町分團 - Kojimachi Banchō (Chiyoda, Tokyo) Air Defense Corps Branch

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. Suspension 参加記念章 - Participation Commemorative Badge Nicely designed badge. reverse 防空演習 - Air Defense Maneuvres 参加記念 - Participation Commemorative 淀橋第五分團 - Yodobashi [ward, one of the 35 former wards of...

Obverse 防空 - Air Defense reverse 第六回関東 - 6th [Region] 防空演習参加章 - Air Defense Maneuvers Participation Badge 業平分團 - Narihira Air Defense Corps Branch 昭和十二年度 - 1937

Obverse 品川區防護團大井第三分團 - Shinagawa Ward Air Defense Corps Ōi No.3 Branch 参加章 - Participation Badge reverse 昭和十一年七月 - July 1936

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Obverse 無線 - Wireless reverse 修業必通 - Required Training 記念 - Commemorative 関東軍電信教習所 - Kwantung Army Radio Telegraphy Training School 昭和十一年六月一日 - June 1, 1936 独立 - Independent 守備隊 - Garrison Unit

Reverse 黒河加藤部隊 - Heihe Kato Unit Heihe (Chinese: Hēihé; lit. 'Black River'; Russian: Хэйхэ) is a prefecture-level city of northern Heilongjiang province, China, located on the Russian border, on the south bank of the Amur (Heilong) River, across the river from Blagoveshchensk.

Reverse 派遣記念 - Dispatch Commemorative 歩兵第六聯隊 - 6th Infantry Regiment 第二大隊 - 2nd Battalion