Wakawashi /brave military aviator/ badges.
荒鷲 /Ara washi/ "Wild Eagle" = "Brave Military Aviator".
荒鷲 /Ara washi/ "Wild Eagle" = "Brave Military Aviator".
Arawashi and Wakawashi Badges and Memorabilia/荒鷲章 若鷲章
Excerpt from "Japan's Carnival War. Mass Culture on the Home Front, 1937–1945" regarding such badges and watch fobs.
"Magazine advertisers also sold various aviation-themed products which made some allusion to America or the English language. In April 1942, the Lion Insignia Company sold aviation-themed fountain pens, an album to hold airplane photographs, and silver aviation badges decorated with a variety of designs for fifty sen each. Some badges consisted of a frontal shot of an airplane nose and propeller with the words “ARAWASHI” (wild eagle) carved in English letters above or below. Others featured an elaborate eagle perched on top of a plane. One badge showed the flags of the Axis countries of Japan, Germany, and Italy".
Source.
"Magazine advertisers also sold various aviation-themed products which made some allusion to America or the English language. In April 1942, the Lion Insignia Company sold aviation-themed fountain pens, an album to hold airplane photographs, and silver aviation badges decorated with a variety of designs for fifty sen each. Some badges consisted of a frontal shot of an airplane nose and propeller with the words “ARAWASHI” (wild eagle) carved in English letters above or below. Others featured an elaborate eagle perched on top of a plane. One badge showed the flags of the Axis countries of Japan, Germany, and Italy".
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荒鷲の歌 /Ara Washi no Uta/ Song of the Fierce Eagles
mita ka gin'yoku kono yûshi
Nippon danshi ga sei komete
tsukutte sodateta waga aiki
sora no mamori wa hikiuketa
kuru nara kite miro, akatonbo
bun-bun arawashi bun to tobu zo!
dare ga tsuketa ka arawashi no
na ni mo hajinai kono chikara
shimo mo arashi mo nan no sono
omoi bakudan kakaekomi
Nankin gurai wa hitomatagi
bun-bun arawashi bun to tobu zo!
kinba ginba no umi koete
kumoranu tsuki koso waga kokoro
seigi no Nippon shitta ka to
koyoi mata tobu arawashi yo
gokurô shikkari tanonda ze
bun-bun arawashi bun to tobu zo!
tsubasa ni hinomaru norikumi wa
yamato damashii no mochinushi da
tekki wa aramashi tsubushita ga
aru nara dete koi okawari koi
puropera bakari ka ude mo naru
bun-bun arawashi bun to tobu zo!
mita ka gin'yoku kono yûshi
Nippon danshi ga sei komete
tsukutte sodateta waga aiki
sora no mamori wa hikiuketa
kuru nara kite miro, akatonbo
bun-bun arawashi bun to tobu zo!
dare ga tsuketa ka arawashi no
na ni mo hajinai kono chikara
shimo mo arashi mo nan no sono
omoi bakudan kakaekomi
Nankin gurai wa hitomatagi
bun-bun arawashi bun to tobu zo!
kinba ginba no umi koete
kumoranu tsuki koso waga kokoro
seigi no Nippon shitta ka to
koyoi mata tobu arawashi yo
gokurô shikkari tanonda ze
bun-bun arawashi bun to tobu zo!
tsubasa ni hinomaru norikumi wa
yamato damashii no mochinushi da
tekki wa aramashi tsubushita ga
aru nara dete koi okawari koi
puropera bakari ka ude mo naru
bun-bun arawashi bun to tobu zo!
Arawashi pocket knife.
荒鷲 - Arawashi
登録 - Registered [design]
荒鷲 - Arawashi
登録 - Registered [design]
Obverse
荒鷲 - Arawashi
China Incident print from late 1930s.
"我海軍荒鷲隊の肉弾二勇士 - Two Warriors of Our Navy Arawashi Corps"
"我海軍荒鷲隊の肉弾二勇士 - Two Warriors of Our Navy Arawashi Corps"
Wakawashi /young military aviator/ badges.
1st stamp variation.
Obverse has instead of 荒鷲 - Arawashi 若鷲 - Wakawashi /figuratively "Young Military Aviator"; literally "Young Eagle"/.
1st stamp variation.
Obverse has instead of 荒鷲 - Arawashi 若鷲 - Wakawashi /figuratively "Young Military Aviator"; literally "Young Eagle"/.
2nd stamp variation.
Obverse
若鷲 - Wakawashi
Obverse
若鷲 - Wakawashi
3rd stamp variation (fully stamped late-war badge made in light metal alloy).
