Badges and watch fobs made by Katoya Medal Company/かとや徽章商会

Tokyo-based workshop.

Known workshop labels.

Workshop mark "hiragana syllable か inside the circle" /reads Ka for Katoya/ together with pure silver /純銀/ mark.

"Kanji 加 inside the circle" /reads Ka for Katoya/.

 

Meiji Junior High School Kendo Tournaments Watch Fobs/明治中学秋季剣道大会章

1929. Obverse 剣 for 剣道 - Kendo reverse 明治中學 - Meiji Junior High School 秋季剣道大會 - Autumn Kendo Tournament 二五八九 - 2589 = 1929 Original case. Watch fob was made by Tokyo Medal Works /東京徽章製作所/ https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-made-by-tokyo-medal-works.22808/

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Obverse

賞 - Award

reverse

公私経済緊縮ポスター入選 - Poster Selected for the Public and Private Economic Austerity

東京府 - Tokyo Prefecture

昭和四年 - 1929

Original case.

 

Obverse

東京帝國大學漕艇部 - Tokyo Imperial University Rowing Club

漕 for 漕艇 - Rowing

昭和四年 - 1929

reverse

Mens sana in corpore sano - A healthy mind in a healthy body".

The phrase comes from Satire X (c. 2nd century AD) of the Roman poet Juvenal (10.356):

Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano / You should pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.


Original case.

Workshop advertisement insert.

 

Watch fob of the same design from 1930.

Obverse

東京帝國大學漕艇部 - Tokyo Imperial University Rowing Club

漕 for 漕艇 - Rowing

昭和五年 - 1930

reverse

Mens sana in corpore sano - A healthy mind in a healthy body".

Original case.

 

Reverse

全國高等學校陸上競技大會 - National High School Track and Field Tournament

學 - Study; Learning

1928

Original case.

 

25th Anniversary of NYK Line Founding Commemorative Bonbonniere

Marked with a Katoya Medal Company mark https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-made-by-katoya-medal-company-katoya.27093/ and 純銀 pure silver hallmark. 日本郵船株式會社 - Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha also known as NYK Line, is a Japanese shipping company that traces its history back...

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