Dainippon Air Defense Association Regular Member Badge/大日本防空協会正会員章

The badge has the same design as special member badge https://asiamedals.info/threads/special-member-badge.23257/
Only suspension has reverse color scheme and reverse insciptions are different.

Suspension of regular member badge.

Suspension of special member badge.

Early "heavy" badges.

Hot enamel. The flower is a separate element of the badge (note the rivet).

Reverse

正會員章 - Regular/Full Member of Association Badge

財團法人 - Foundation

大日本防空協會 - Dainippon Air Defense Association

Original case.

Another example.

 

Late "light" badges.

1st variation.



Aluminium alloy instead of heavy metal (only pin is still in low quality metal) and paint instead of hot enamel.
The flower is no longer a separate element of the badge.

Original case.

 

2nd variation (different stamp, different color of paint and different construction of the pin).



Suspension.



Case.

 

Variation of the case with silver kanji.



Badge.

 

Cased "late" badge awarded in 1943.

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner.

Note that case still has a gold kanjies.

Document.

上道郡雄神村 - Kamimichi County, Ogami Village

岡本 万次郎 - Okamoto Manjirō

本會正會員二列ス - Accepted as a Regular Member in the Association

昭和十八年十二月二十日 - Showa 18th year, 12th month, 20th day /December 20, 1943/

財團法人大日本防空協會長 - President of the Foundation Dainippon /Greater/ Japan Air Defense Association

軍隊大將 正三位 勲一等 功二級 東條英機 - Army General, Holder of the Order of the Rising Sun 1st class and Order of the Golden Kite 2nd class, Senior Third Court Rank, Tojo Hideki

Seal reads

財團法人大日本防空協會長 - President of the Foundation Dainippon Japan Air Defense Association