Founded in 1894 by Japanese businessman Yozo Nomura (1870 - 1965), Samurai Shokai was one of the most famous luxury shops in Japan during the early 20th century. After abandoning his university studies and traveling to America and Europe, Yozo Namura moved back to Yokohama, near Tokyo where he...
Founded in September 1932 this workshop is still active today
http://www.chugaikisyo.co.jp/front/bin/cglist.phtml?Category=1026
Early workshop label from 1930s.
Reverse reads
支那事変記念 - China Incident Сommemorative
Case.
森洋行 - Mori Yoko was one of the main manchurian manufacturers of badges and medals.
It had two main branches.
One in 奉天 - Mukden and the other in 大連 - Dalian.
Standard workshop advertisement insert.
Mori Yoko building in the 1930s.
In 2015.
The company was founded in 1881 when Hattori Kintaro opened a watch and jewelry store called Hattori Tokeiten/服部時計店 in Tokyo's Ginza district. 11 years later, in 1892, he began to produce a watch called Seikosha (精工舎 / Seikōsha), which can be translated as "the house of exclusive craftsmanship"...
badge made by hattori workshop
hattori watch shop
hattori workshop
hattori&co
history
japanese badge with martlet mark
japanese badge with swallow mark
japanese bird mark
japanese martlet mark
japanese martlet silver mark
labels и marks of hattori watch shop
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tokyo
服部時計店
燕マーク
燕マークバッジ
燕マークメダル
燕マーク章
Very interesting and useful advertising postcard from Nichibei Kishō Shōkai https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-made-by-nichibei-kisho-shokai-japanese-american-medal-company.22338/
日米ニュース No. 120 - Nichibei News No. 120
At the bottom the company provides information on...
advertising postcards of nichibei kishō shōkai
japanese soldier's family badgesjapanese soldier's family door plaques
manufacturersofjapanesebadges
nichibei kishō shōkai
fuji medal works
gyokuhō workshop tokyo
japanese badge case label
japanese badge labels
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富士徽章製作所
徽章製作所
東京玉宝堂
Marks.
Labels.
Insert.
The history of this Osaka workshop begins in 1870 when Gonshichi Ikoma/権七生駒/ opened his workshop specializing in watches and jewelry.
Original building.
Even original sign has survived to this day.
Between two pretty well fed we observe...