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

Obverse

監視哨 - Observation Post

Reverse

報勞章 - Award Badge

支那事変 - China Incident

津屋﨑町 - Tsuyazaki Town

 

Reverse

報支那事変防空監視功労 - China Incident Air Defense Surveillance Merit Award

昭和十二年十月十二日 - October 12, 1937

浦和市長 - Urawa City Mayor

 

Rare specimen from personal collection.

Reverse

支那事変 - China Incident

参戦記念 - Participation Commemoration

金澤部隊 - Kanazawa Unit

2600 = 1940

 

Reverse

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

松原部隊 - Matsubara unit

2599-2601 = 1939-1941

Around the perimeter cities and places on China

臨汾 - Linfen, 連城 - Liancheng, etc.

 

Reverse

支那事變 - China Incident

inside triangle

なビ一 - Nabiichi

+ mark pure silver.

 

Reverse

昭和十二・三年 - 1937/1938

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

内田部隊 - Uchida Unit

 

Badge with quite unusual pin.
Looks like it was "home made".

Obverse

突撃 - Charge

Reverse

土井部隊 - Doi Unit

 

Reverse

広東攻略戦参加 - Participation in Canton Operation

Canton Operation - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

南支派遣軍通信 - South China Dispatched Military Signal [Unit]

柳北隊 - Yanakita Corps

 

Obverse

出陣 - Departure

Reverse

近衛 - Guards

騎兵中隊 - Cavalry Squadron

江南 - Jiangnan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangnan

賓陽 - Binyang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binyang_County

翁英 - Wengying

攻略 - Capture

 

Watch fob in silver.



昭和十三年支那事変 - 1938 China Incident

記念 - Commemorative

上海派遣軍 - Shanghai Expeditionary Army


Original case.

 

Beautifully enameled silver watch fob.



Obverse

出征 - Military Campaign

reverse

支那事変出征記念 - China Incident Commemorative

榊部隊 - Sakaki unit

昭和十三年五月 - May 1938

Nicely enameled.



Original case.

出征記念 - Military Campaign Commemorative

榊部隊 - Sakaki Unit

 

Rare watch fob made in pure silver.

Reverse

昭和十二・三年 - 1937・1938

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

呉鎮の守府 - Kure Naval District

第一特別 - First Special

陸戦隊 - Rikusentai/Landing Force

Marked with unreadable 純銀 - pure silver.

Original case.

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

Another example.

 

1st variation "silvered".

Obverse

撃 - attack; fight

Reverse

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

長谷川部隊道丸盛隊 - Hasegawa Corps, Michimaru Unit

皇紀2597年 - 1937

2nd variation "blackened ".

Cased specimen manufactured by Yamazaki Medal Works /山崎徽章製作所/ and dated (inside the case) July 7, 1938.

記念 - Commemorative

長谷川部隊道丸盛隊 - Hasegawa Corps, Michimaru Unit

 

Reverse

支那事变記念 - Sino-Japanese War Commemorative

昭和十二年 - 1937

Marked Silver.

Original case.

 

Size 28 mm.

Reverse

支那事變出征記念 - China Incident Dispatch Commemorative

下谷區 - Shitaya Ward

銃後奉公會 - Home Front Service Association

Original case and ribbon.

Another cased example.

 

Reverse

賞 - Award

支那事変 - China Incident

將兵歓送 - Farewell to Soldiers [literally 歡送 - hearty send-off]

功勞 - Merits

昭和十二年十月 - October 1937

浦和市長 - Mayor of Urawa City

 

1st variation /blackened with gilded kanjis/.

Obverse

必通 - Сertain Communication

reverse

浙贛作戦参加紀念 - Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign Participation Commemorative

The Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign, also known as Operation Sei-go, was a campaign by the China Expeditionary Army of the Imperial Japanese Army under Shunroku Hata and Chinese 3rd War Area forces under Gu Zhutong in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi from mid May to early September 1942.

昭和十七年 - 1942

祭第七三六三部隊 - Matsuri Unit No.7363 = Signal Unit of 15th Division


2nd variation /blackened/.

3rd variation /silvered/.

 

Obverse

聖戰 - Holy War

reverse

支那事変 - China Incident

北京兵站司令部 - Beijing Military Logistics Headquarters

 

Obverse

從軍記念 - Service in the Army Commemorative

reverse

北支派遣 - North China Dispatch

片山部隊 - Katayama Unit

昭和十二・十三・十四年 - 1937・1938・1939

 

Obverse

北支那派遣 - Northern China Dispatch

從軍記念 - Army Service Commemorative

reverse

北支那派遣 - Northern China Dispatch

甲弟一八〇〇部隊 - Ko No.1800 Unit

野戦郵便隊 - Field Post Corps

皇紀二六〇四年 - Imperial Year 2604 = 1944