jukendo badge

  1. Takahashi Branch of Imperial Military Reservist Association Jukendo Badge/帝国在郷軍人會高畸支部銃剣道章

    Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Design obviously based on army marksmanship badge. Reverse 帝国在郷軍人會 - Imperial Military Reservist Association 高畸支部- Takahashi Branch Comparison with the army marksmanship badge.
  2. Badge of Greater Japan Association for Promotion of Jukendo with Kanji "法大"/大日本銃剣道振興會法大章

    Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 銃剣道 / Jūkendō / martial art using the bayonet literally "way of bayonet" 法大 -most likely abbreviation (for example it could be read as Hosei University)
  3. Greater Japan Association for Promotion of Jukendo Qualified Instructors Badges/銃剣道学徒指導者適任徽章

    1st type "plain reverse, numbered". No.244 from 1942. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 銃剣道 - Jūkendō Reverse above 銃剣道学徒指導者適任徽章 – Badge of Qualified Student Instructor on the right 昭和十七年度 – 1942 on the left 第一四四号 - No. 144 144 is punched.
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