manchukuo

Reverse 昭和十二年 -1937 討伐記念 - [Bandits] Subjugation Commemorative 砂金部隊 - Sakin [lit. gold dust] Unit

Size 35 x 45 mm. Weight 15 g. Obverse 拉濱線開通記念 - Opening of the Labin Line Commemorating 五常守備隊 - Gojo Garrison reverse 昭和八年十二月九日 - December 9, 1933

Size 60 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Weight 128 g. 賜 - Gift 記念 - Commemorative 即位大典 - Enthronement Ceremony 大満州帝國安東縣 - Great Manchukuo Empire Andong County 康徳元年三月一日 - March 1, 1934

Size 36.5 х 33.5 mm. Weight 25 g. Obverse 柔 for 柔道 - Judo reverse 満州柔道有段會 - Manchurian Judo Yudankai [lit. association of those who have dan]

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/jiandao-temporary-expeditionary-force-dispatch-commemorative-watch-fob.25941 ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/74th-infantry-regiment-jiandao-dispatch-commemorative-watch-fob.26939/ Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 和昭八年六月 -...

Impressive, to say the least.

満州國皇帝陛下 - His Majesty the Emperor of Manchukuo 御訪日 - Visit to Japan 御奉迎紀念章 - Emperor Welcoming Commemorative Badge 薄雲 - [Destroyer] Usugumo (”Thin Clouds”) 昭和十年四月 - April 1935

Metal inside - wood outside. Set of two. 満州国皇帝陛下 - His Majesty the Emperor of Manchukuo 御来訪記念 - Visit Commemorative 満州国皇帝陛下 - His Majesty the Emperor of Manchukuo 御来訪記念 - Visit Commemorative

Plastic badge. Obverse 親切日 - Kindness Day reverse 大同二年 - 1933 軍政部 - Military Government Pin is lost.

Reverse 開校三十周年記念 - 30th Anniversary of the Opening of the School Commemorative 吉林師範學校 - Jilin Normal School Jili /alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin/ is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North...

Obverse 記念 - Commemorative reverse 昭和十ー年夏 - 1936 賓縣駐屯記念 - Binxian Stationing Commemorative Bin County, or Binxian /simplified Chinese: 宾县; traditional Chinese: 賓縣; pinyin: Bīn Xiàn/, is a county of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the...

Pin was lost. Obverse 熱河討伐功勞章 - Rehe ( also romanized as Jehol) Province Subjugation Merit Badge 関東軍司令部- Kwantung Army Headquarters

Obverse 國都建設記念式典 - National Capital Construction Commemorative Ceremony

Badge belong to the 1939+ time period. Suspension 第一回 - 1st 北満体育大會 - North Manchuria Athletic Tournament obverse 體 - Body reverse 北満体育大會 - North Manchuria Athletic Tournament 主催- Organizer 大満州國体育連盟 - Greater Manchukuo Athletic Federation 北安省事務局 - Bei'an Province Executive Office

The first national anthem was declared by State Council Decree No.4, dated 24 February Dàtóng 2 (1933) but publicized on March 1. The lyrics were written by Manchukuo's first Prime Minister Zheng Xiaoxu, who was a devout Confucianist and Qing loyalist in addition to being an accomplished poet...

Interesting article The Spectacle of Global Fascism: The Italian Blackshirt mission to Japan's Asian empire by Daniel Hedinger. Published in Modern Asian Studies 51(06) on November 2017. See...

Obverse 軍民殉國是奉公 - The Military and Civilians Willingness to Make Sacrifices for the Nation [and] Rightly Serve the Public (literally 殉国 is to die for one's country) Japanese flag with the same slogan. 皇紀二五九八 = 1938 Marked 純銀 - pure silver. reverse 京都タキイ種苗株式會社 - Kyoto Takii Seed Stock...