Badges of Great Japan Private Hygiene Association/大日本私立衛生會章

Dainippon Private Hygiene Association was established on February 18, 1883 and held its first general meeting on May 27 of the same year.
Main mission - prevention of infectious diseases (such as cholera, tuberculosis, etc).
In 1898 it became incorporated association/社団法人.
In December 1931 association was reorganized into Japan Hygiene Association/財団法人 日本衛生会會.

Main building of Association.

Main hall.

Association also published its own journal.

Instead of La Société privée japonaise d’hygiène journal decided to translate the name of association into french as La Société japonaise d’hygiène publique.

 

Regular member badge/通常会員之章

1st variation.

Original case.

大日本私立衛生會 - Great Japan Private Hygiene Association

通常會員之章 - Regular Member Badge

Another regular member badge that almost completely lost its silvering.

2nd variation.

Different stamp.

Size 27 mm.
Thickness 2 mm.
Weight 5 g.

 

Lifetime Membership Badge/終身會員章

1st type 1st variation

Original case.

大日本私立衛生會 - Great Japan Private Hygiene Association

終身會員之章 - Lifetime Member Badge

 

1st type 2nd variation (different stamp).

Cased specimen.

 

The only known manufacturer (for today) of these badges.

 

2nd type (smaller/miniature badge).

終身 - Lifetime

會員 - Member of Association

Case.

大日本私立衛生會 - Great Japan Private Hygiene Association

終身會員之章 - Lifetime Member Badge

 

Badges of Ibaraki Prefecture branch of Association.

Obverse

衛 - to guard; to protect; to defend

reverse

大日本私立衛生 - Great Japan Private Hygiene Association

會茨域縣支會章 - Ibaraki Prefecture Branch of Association Badge

Original case.

通常會員章 - Regular Membership Badge

 

Reverse is identical to the previous badge

大日本私立衛生 - Great Japan Private Hygiene Association

會茨域縣支會章 - Ibaraki Prefecture Branch of Association Badge

Without original case one can only speculate that this is a badge of lifetime member.

 

Badges of Yamanashi Prefecture Hygiene Association.

Obverse

衛 - to guard; to protect; to defend

reverse

山梨県 - Yamanashi Prefecture

衛生會 - Hygiene Association

特別會員章 - Special Member Badge

Original case.

 

Osaka Private Hygiene Association badges.

Reverse engraved

大阪私立衛生會 - Osaka Private Hygiene Association

會員章 - Membership Badge

Ribbon.

 

Badges of Akita Prefecture branch of Association.

Obverse

壽 - Longevity, Long life

reverse

大日本私立衛生會 - Great Japan Private Hygiene Association

秋田縣支會 - Akita Prefecture Branch

in the center

特別会員章 - Special Member Badge

Original case.

Badge.

 

Bronze variant of such badge for regular member is also known.

Obverse

壽 - Longevity, Long life

reverse

大日本私立衛生會 - Great Japan Private Hygiene Association

秋田縣支會 - Akita Prefecture Branch

in the center

普通会員章 - Regular Member Badge

Diameter approximately 22 mm.
Pin length approximately 52 cm.

 

Third variant of the badge.

Obverse

壽 - Longevity, Long life

reverse

大日本私立衛生會 - Great Japan Private Hygiene Association

秋田支會 - Akita Branch

in the center

衛生 - Hygiene

 

Thanks to this cased specimen we know who manufactured badges of Akita branch.

大日本私立衛生會秋田支會徽章 - Great Japan Private Hygiene Association Akita Branch Badge


天賞堂謹製 - Made by Tenshodo

 

Irimoto Branch Badge.

Reverse

大日本衛生會 - Great Japan Hygiene Association

煎本支會 - Irimoto Branch of Association

Original case.


衛生會徽章 - Hygiene Association Badge

 

Kumamoto Branch Badge.

Reverse

大日本衛生會 - Great Japan Hygiene Association

熊本支合 - Kumamoto Branch

Original case.

衛生會徽章 - Hygiene Association Badge