Badges made by "Tokyo Button" workshop/Tōkyō Botan/東京ボタン

This workshop was one of the main manufacturers of fire brigade badges between 1930s and early 2000s. It ceased to exist in 2014.

Early workshop label (1930s/1940s).

Later workshop label.

 

The workshop which ceased to exist in 2014 was one of the main post-war manufacturers of fire brigade badges.



記念章 - commemorative badge

第五回全国消防大会 - 5th National Fire Fighting Tournament

財団法人 日本消防協会 - Japan Firefighting Association

 

新潟県消防協会 - Niigata Prefecture Fire Fighting Association

Badge for 10 years of service.

 

優良章 - Excellent [firefighter] badge.

 

都道府県消防協会副協会長章 - Prefectural Fire Fighting Association Vice President's Badge

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純銀 - pure silver mark




Second known variation of the badge.
Non-silver, different pin and shorter ingraved version of inscription + different variant of case.

 

島根県 - Shimane Prefecture

永年勤続 - Long service

功労章 - Merit badge

 

Color variation of the case for the commemorative badge of

第五回全国消防大会 - 5th National Fire Fighting Tournament



See https://asiamedals.info/threads/bad...o-button-tokyo-botan-botan.21230/#post-328089

 

Cufflinks.

 

優章 - superiority badge

旭川市 - City of Asahikawa

 

 

 

 

A badge for firefighters from Kanagawa.

 

Another variation of the case.



On the left is a special award from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency by the Tokyo Button workshop.

On the right is a badge of chief of the fire brigade 消防長章 .

 

Anonymous.




勲章 - merit badge

 

 

 

 

 

Merit badge.