Infantry Rapid-firing Gun Shooting Badges/歩兵砲速射砲射撃徽章

Introduced in November 17, 1939 in two variants: badge for the NCOs and badge for the privates.

NCOs badge/下士官徽章

Original description.

Soldier's badge/兵徽章

Both badges have several variations.

NCO badge.

Early variation in base metal.

 

Exemplary specimen.

instead of the case pin bears a sticker.

歩兵砲速射砲射撃徽章 - Infantry Rapid-firing Gun Shooting Badge
[下士官徽章] - NCO Badge

 

Another early NCO badge in mint condition.

Original case.

歩兵砲速射砲射撃徽章 - Infantry Rapid-firing Gun Shooting Badge

下士官徽章 - NCO Badge

 

Salty specimen.

 

Late war variation in aluminium alloy.

Note that the star became a separate element of the badge.

 

Soldier's badge.

Early version in base metal.

 

Typical case for such badges.

歩兵砲速射砲射撃徽章 - Infantry Rapid-firing Gun Shooting Badge

兵徽章 - Soldier Badge

 

Late war version in alluminium alloy.

1st variation "metal pin".

 

Another example of this variation.

 

2nd variation "aluminium pin".

 

1st variant of case for such late war badges.

速射砲射撃徽章 - Rapid-firing Gun Shooting Badge (note that the inscription became shorter - three first kanji 歩兵砲 /Infantry Gun/ are absent)

兵徽章 - Soldier Badge

Badge.

 

Second variant of the case.

歩兵砲速射砲 - Infantry Rapid-firing Gun

射撃徽章 - Shooting Badge

(兵用) - For Soldiers

Badge.

Thanks to original advertisement insert we know the name of the manufacturer of these badges.
Akiba workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-made-by-akiba-medals-tokyo-akiba.21820