China Incident Commemorative Badges and Watch Fobs/支那事変記念章

Silver watch fob in the form of a horseshoe.

Obverse

日支事变出征記念 - China Incident Dispatch Commemorative

Interestingly it used not a standard

支那事変- China Incident

but

日支事变 - Japan-China Incident

reverse

昭和十二年 - 1937

板垣兵団 - Itagaki Corps
源口部隊 - Haraguchi unit
鳥岡隊 - Torioka Corps

Marked 純銀 - pure silver. The manufacturer mark is deformed and unreadable. Watch fobs were made by the Ikoma workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-marks-and-history-of-ikoma-workshop.20961.

 

Another example.

Maker's mark once again is barely readable.

 

Reverse

中支派遣征軍記念 - Central China Dispatch Conquest Commemoration

昭和十三年/昭和十五年 - 1938/1940

 

Obverse

忠魂 - loyalty; the loyal dead

Reverse

支那事変戦捷記念 - China Incident Victory Commemorative


Another example. Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner.

 

Obverse

贈 - gift

Reverse

皇紀二五九八年 - 1938

台北陸軍病院 - Taipei Army Hospital

日支事變紀念 - Japan-China Incident Commemorative

 

1st variation.

Obverse

支那事变纪念 - China Incident Commemorative

Reverse

上海陸戦隊 Shanghai Naval Landing Forces


2nd variation.

Reverse


奉錬地區防衛隊 - Fenglian Area Defense Force

森部隊 - Mori Unit

和昭十二年七月十六日 - July 16, 1937



3rd variation.

It is not clear if the reverse was originally without any iscriptions or all inscriptions were removed later.

 

纪念 - Commemorative

支那事变 - China Incident

 

皇紀二五九九年 - 1939

支那事変従軍記念 - China Incident Service Commemorative

山砲兵第百九聯隊第一中隊 - 109th Mountain Artillery Regiment 1st Company

Original case.

 

Obverse

支那事变纪念 - China Incident Commemorative

Reverse

昭和十二年 - 1937

Marked SILVER.

Details.

 

纪念 - Commemorative

支那事变 - China Incident

 

支那事変従軍記念 - China Incident Service Commemorative

桑島部隊 - Kuwashima Unit

 

支那事変出征記念 - China Incident Dispatch Commemorative

山際部隊 - Yamagiwa Unit

 

支那事変 - China Incident

参加記念 - in commemoration of participation

above engraved

柿島隊 - Kakishima Corps

 

Reverse

支那事変 - China Incident

出征記念 - Dispatch Commemorative

衣笠部隊 - Kinugasa Unit

小嶋隊 - Kojima Corps

Details.

 

Reverse

昭和十二年九月 - September 1937

北支出征記念 - North China Expedition Commemorative

 

Familiar design https://asiamedals.info/threads/chi...tive-badges-and-watch-fobs.22957/#post-211328



Design of obverse is preactically the same (although the stamp is different of course).

Same inscription

支那事変出征記念 - China Incident Dispatch Commemorative

on obverse.



But the reverses are different.

菅原部隊 - Sugawara Unit



昭和十二・十三・十四年 - 1937・1938・1939 years



Cased specimen.

記念 - Commemorative

菅原部隊 - Sugawara Unit

 

Watch fob with a similar design https://asiamedals.info/threads/nav...n-commemorative-watch-fobs.27205/#post-360629



Obverse

日本 - Japan

支那 - China



Reverse

支那事変 - China Incident

戦揵記念 - Victory Commemorative

昭和十二年七月七日 - July, 7, 1937

盧溝橋事件 - Marco Polo Bridge Incident

The Marco Polo Bridge incident, also known as the Lugou Bridge Incident or the July 7 incident, was a battle during July 1937 in the district of Beijing between China's National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army. Since the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, there had been many small incidents along the rail line connecting Beijing with the port of Tianjin, but all had subsided. In this incident, a Japanese soldier was temporarily absent from his unit opposite Wanping, and his commander demanded to enter the town to search for him. Although the Japanese soldier had already returned to his lines, claiming to have suffered from stomachache, Japanese forces continued mobilizing, deploying reinforcements to surround Wanping. A shot of unknown origin was fired, and both sides began to fire on each other. The Marco Polo Bridge incident is generally regarded as the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Pacific theatre of World War II.​

Another example.

Salty specimen that lost its enameled medallion and ring.

 

Reverse

支那事変記念 - China Incident Commemoration

宮澤部隊 - Miyazawa Unit

 

Reverse

支那事変出征記 - на память об отправке на фронт китайского инцидента


第八師團歩兵第四大隊 - 8th Division 4th Infantry Battalion

Marked pure silver.

 

Obverse

記念 - Commemorative

Reverse

2597 = 1937

北支事変出動記念 - North China Incident Dispatch Commemoration

吉富部隊 - Yoshitomi Unit