Imperial Japanese Army Shooting Badges and Watch Fobs

Reverse

明治三十七年戦役 - 1904 War Campaign

歩兵第二十五聯隊 - 25th Infantry Regiment

出征記念大射撃會 - Large Shooting Tournament Commemorative

優等章 - Badge of Excellence

 

Reverse

射擊術優勝 - Marksmanship Championship

昭和十年八月三十日 - August 30, 1935

恩賜記念 - Commemorative Gift from the Emperor

近衛步兵第二聯隊第六中隊 - 2nd Guards Regiment, 6th Company

Marked with 純銀 - pure silver.


Original case.

射擊術優勝 - Marksmanship Championship

恩賜記念 - Commemorative Gift from the Emperor

近衛步兵第二聯隊第六中隊 - 2nd Guards Regiment, 6th Company

Watch fobs were made by Naigai workshop.

 

1929 machine-gun and small-caliber artillery shooting award watch fob.

Size Size 40.5 x 26.5 mm.

 

49th infantry regiment machine-gun shooting award watch fobs.

1st variation "686".

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/army-kendo-and-jukendo-award-watch-fobs-to.24548/page-2#post-362701

Obverse

優勝 - Champion; Winner

reverse

賞 - Award

満州第六八六部隊 - Manchuria 686 Unit /= 歩兵第四十九連隊 - 49th Infantry Regiment/


2nd variation "49".

Different design of obverse.

Obverse

優勝 - Champion; Winner

reverse

賞 - Award

歩兵第四拾九聯隊 - 49th Infantry Regiment

 

14th Infantry Regiment Mudanjiang Kenjutsu and Shooting Association Award Watch Fob/満洲東寧剣術射撃会歩兵第一四連隊賞章

Obverse 賞 - Award reverse 満洲東寧 - Manchuria, Mudanjiang /Mudanjiang a prefecture-level city in the southeast part of Heilongjiang province, After the Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 19, 1931, the whole Manchuria was seized by Japan following the Mukden Incident. Mudanjiang...

asiamedals.info

 

Obverse

賞 - Award

reverse

步兵第七十八聯隊 - 78th Infantry Regiment

 

Obverse

射 - Shooting

reverse

賞 - Award

reverse

步二六 - 26th Infantry Regiment

第一大隊 - 1st Battalion

昭和十年 - 1935

 

Obverse

Guards unit emblem

優勝 - Champion; Winner

reverse

東部第二部隊 - Tōbu /Eastern/ 2nd Corps (=1st Infantry Guards Regiment)

賞 - Award

木村隊 - Kimura Unit

 

Obverse

Army Infantry School emblem https://asiamedals.info/threads/army-infantry-school-badges-and-watch-fobs.23911/

reverse engraved

歩兵 - Infantry

第四十四聯隊 - 44th Regiment

隊第三中隊 - 3rd Company

 

Obverse

優勝記念 - Victory Commemorative

明治丗九年 - 1906

reverse

歩兵 - Infantry

第九聯隊 - 9th Regiment

第五中隊 - 5th Company

 

Obverse

優 - Excellent

reverse

歩兵第七十四聯隊 - 74th Infantry Regiment

第二中隊長 - 2nd Company Commander

 

Size 41.5 x 30.5 mm.
Weight 22.7 g.

Obverse

賞 - Award

2600 - 1940

reverse

三木部隊 - Miki Unit

 

Reverse

射撃賞 - Shooting Award

山形步兵第三十二聯隊 - Yamagata 32nd Infantry Regiment

32nd Regiment fought in the Russo-Japanese War, Russian Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War and the Second World War. In 1939 regiment was attached to the 24th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. The division was formed in Manchukuo in 1939 and was part of the Manchukuo territorial defense force under the command of the 5th Army group of the Kwantung Army. In 1944 companies from each of the division's regiments were sent to Woleai island in the Pacific. Most of the troops defending the Woleai island died from either starvation, disease or Allied air raids. The remainder of the 24th was sent to Okinawa to defend against an Allied invasion where the division was nearly annihilated during the Battle of Okinawa in June 1945. Only the 1st and 3rd battalions of the 32nd Yamagata Infantry Regiment continued to fight the US occupation until they surrendered in late August that same year.​

 

1906 Attacking Russia Commemorative Shooting Tournament Award Watch Fob/明治三十九年征露記念射擊大會優勝章

Obverse 優勝 - Victory; Champion 步兵第十七聯隊 - 17th Infantry Regiment reverse 於鉄嶺縣 - In Tieling County /county in the northeast of Liaoning province, China/ 第八師團聯隊 - 8th Division 征露記念 - Attacking [Conquer; Subjugate] Russia Commemorative 射擊大會 - Shooting Tournament 明治三十九年一月 - January 1906

asiamedals.info

 

Size 20 mm.

Obverse

近衛師團 - Imperial Guard

名譽射撃優勝記念 - Honorary Shooting Competition Victory Commemorative

明治四十四年 - 1911

reverse

近衛歩兵第三聯隊 - 4th Imperial Guard Infantry Regiment

 

Obverse

優等賞 - Excellence Award

reverse

第弐回 - 2nd

東京衞戌 - Tokyo Garrison

大射撃會 - Large Shooting Competition

 

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner.

Obverse

優勝 - Winner

reverse

25 8.5 = August 25, 1930

大隊 - Battalion

特別射撃 - Special Shooting [Competition]

大隊兵 - Battalion Soldier

川野少佐 - Major Kawano

 

Watch fob designed after the Golden Kite order.

Reverse

賞 - Award

近歩一 - 1st [Imperial] Guards Infantry [Regiment]

第十中隊 - 10th Company

Details.