Commemorative Badge for the "Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States" Society Visit to Japan in 1936

Interesting badge from 1936.



Reverse

昭和一 一. 四.二五 - April, 25, 1936

米国出征従軍老兵會 - Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Society

Veterans of Foreign Wars - Wikipedia

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Visit of the delegation of the American Veterans of Foreign Wars to Japan in 1936 was headed by the VFW President, James E. Van Zandt, this was a reciprocal visit to recognize the Japanese visit to the USA the previous year.

役員招待紀念 - commemorative [badge] for invited officers/officials

 

Details.

 

Original case.



Badges was made by Naigai Medal Co.

https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-labels-and-marks-of-naigai-medal-works.21286/

Badge size 40 x 55 mm.

 

Very rare series of photos of this visit.



Our badge.

 

Another exellent close-up.

 

 

 

Those were the days.

 

Another example of cased badge.

 

Only five years later ...

James E. Van Zandt in the process of returning his badge to the Japanese ambassador.