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

Height 37 mm.
Weight 12 g.



Obverse

海鷲 - Sea Eagles /Arawashi https://asiamedals.info/threads/arawashi-badges-and-memorabilia.25254/ /

reverse

支那事変大捷 - Great Victory in Sino-Japanese War

海鷲参加記念紀章 - Sea Eagles Participation Commemorative Badge

2601 = 1941

 

Reverse

昭和十四年四月十七日 - April 17, 1939

廬山攻略記念 - Lushan Capture Commemoration

佐澤部隊 - Sazawa Unit

Same design but without any inscriptions on reverse.

 

Obverse

北支派遣記念 - North China Dispatch Commemorative

Reverse

歩兵第二大隊 - 2nd Infantry Battalion

Marked pure silver.

 

Obvious design borrowing from Merit badge of Imperial Reservist Association https://asiamedals.info/threads/mer...tary-reservist-association.22984/#post-285460

Reverse reads

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

 

支那事変記念 - China Incident Commemorative

 

Ideal watch fob for mountain artillery.




記念 - Commemorative

支那事変 - China Incident

 

Again only

記念 - Commemorative

支那事変 - China Incident

 

Size 50 x 35.5 mm.



Obverse

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

reverse
　　
細川部隊 - Hosokawa Unit



Salty specimen.



Specimen in mint condition with intact gilding and blackening.

 

Reverse

支那事変記念 - China Incident Commemorative

吉田部隊 - Yoshida Unit

1938

Mother Russia.

 

Obverse

支那事変記念 - China Incident Commemorative


二五九七年七月七日 - July 7, 1937

reverse engraved

琿春駐平歩兵隊 - Hunchun Infantry Corps

Hunchun - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

Obverse

支那事変記念 - China Incident Commemorative

 

1940.



Obverse

皇纪二千六百年 = 2600 = 1940

reverse

支那事变 - China Incident

廣津部隊 - Hirotsu Unit

出征纪念 - Dispatch Commemorative

With original blackening.

 

Reverse

支那事變 - China Incident

出征纪念 - Dispatch Commemorative

米岡部隊 - Yoneoka Unit

 

Perfect badge for a heavy machine gunner.



支那事変- China Incident

出動記念 - Dispatch Commemorative

1938

 

支那事変出動記念 - China Incident Dispatch Commemorative

秀嶋部隊 - Hideshima Unit

 

Obverse

記念 - Commemorative
　
漢口陥落 - The Fall of Hankou /Hankou was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China/

皇紀二千五百九十八年 - 2598th Imperial Year = 1938

reverse

支那事変記念 - China Incident Commemorative

北京兵站司令部 - Beijing Logistics Headquarters

Case /the inscription inside duplicates the obverse and reverse inscriptions/.

 

Higher Headquarter of Central China Expeditionary Army Miyajima Unit Watch Fob/上級司令部中支那派遣軍宮島部隊章

Obverse Independent Garrison Unit emblem 忠勇 - Loyalty and Bravery reverse 上級司令部 - Higher Headquarters 中支那派遣軍 - Central China Expeditionary Army 宮島部隊 - Miyajima Unit

asiamedals.info

 

Reverse

支那事變記念 - China Incident Commemorative

福知部隊 - Fukuchi Unit

皇紀 - Imperial Year

2598 = 1938

Another example.

 

Size 30 mm.
Weight 13.1 g.

Obverse

日支事変 - China Incident

参加記念 - Participation Commemorative

Reverse

皇紀ニ千五百九十四年 - 1934

日支事変記念 - China Incident Commemorative

歩兵第十五部隊 - 15th Infantry Regiment


Original case.

記念 - Commemorative

歩兵第十五部隊 - 15th Infantry Regiment

Another cased specimen.

Made by

日の出 - Hinode [sunrise] ...

髙崎市 - Takasaki City

At last!
Original case with intact label.

Watch fobs were manufactured by

日の出屋徽章部 - Hinodeya [lit. Sunrise Shop] Medal Department

in

髙崎市 - Takasaki City

 

Badge of unusual form.
Width 30mm.

Obverse

出征記念 - Departure (for the front) Commemorative

reverse

皇紀二六00年 - 1940


北支派遣 - North China Dispatch

秋菜隊 - Akina Corps