Manchurian Incident Commemorative Badges and Watch Fobs/満州事変記念章

32nd Infantry Regiment Manchurian Incident Triumphal Return Commemorative Paperweight/歩兵第三十二聯隊満州事変凱旋記念ペーパーウエイト

Size: 72 x 78 mm. Weight 219 g. 満州事変凱旋記念 - Manchurian Incident Triumphal Return Commemorative 歩兵第三十二聯隊 - 32nd Infantry Regiment Mark.

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Mountain Artillery Units Badges and Watch Fobs/山砲兵記念章

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/japanese-mountain-artillery-units-award-and-commemorative-sake-cups.28868/ Reverse 獨山一 - 1st Dushan [Unit] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dushan_County

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Obverse

奉公 - Service to Country

reverse

歩四 = 歩兵第四聯隊 - 4th Infantry Regiment

満洲駐屯記念 - Stationing in Manchuria Commemorative

 

Hamamatsu City Imperial Military Reservist Association Branch Merit Badge/帝国在郷軍人会濱松市聨合分会功勞章

Obverse 功勞 - Merit reverse 満州上海事変の功こ依リ- Tribute to the Manchurian and Shanghai Incidents 帝國在鄉軍人會 - Imperial Military Reservist Association 濱松市聨合分會 - Hamamatsu City Union Branch

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1932 Сurrent Political Situation Military Reservists Conference Commemorative Badge/昭和七年對外時局鄉軍大会記念章

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/1933-surrent-political-situation-military-reservists-association-branches-joint-conference-commemorative-badge-2593.26536/ Size 40 X 23 mm. Obverse 對外時局 - External [Foreign] Сurrent Political Situation [i.e. Manchurian Incident] 鄉軍大會 - Military...

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1933 Сurrent Political Situation Military Reservists Association Branches Joint Conference Commemorative Badge/2593年對外時局鄉軍連合支部大会記念章

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/1932-surrent-political-situation-military-reservists-association-branches-joint-conference-commemorative-badge.26535/ Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 記念 - Commemorative reverse 對外時局 - External...

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Reverse

滿洲事變紀念 - Manchuria Incident Commemorative

第十師團乗馬討伐隊 - 10th Division Horse [Horse-Riding] Suppression [Subjugation] Corps

歩十ノ五 - 10th Infantry Regiment 5th Battalion

The 10th Division was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the Iron Division /鉄兵団, Tetsu-heidan/. The 10th Division was one of six new infantry divisions raised by the Imperial Japanese Army in the aftermath of the First Sino-Japanese War, 1 October 1898. Its troops were recruited primarily from communities in the three prefectures of Hyōgo, Okayama and Tottori, plus a portion of Shimane. It was originally headquartered in the city of Himeji, and its first commander was Lieutenant General Prince Fushimi Sadanaru.

The 10th Division was deployed during the Mukden Incident of September 1931 and remained stationed in Manchuria afterwards, participating in the Chinchow Operation of 1932, and returned to Japan in March 1934.​

 

Obverse

凱旋 - Triumphal Return

reverse

満州事変 - Manchurian Incident

凱旋記念 - Triumphal Return Commemorative

弘前市恤兵慰問會 - Hirosaki City Soldiers Consolation Association


Original paper wrapper.

凱旋記念章 - Triumphal Return Commemorative Badge

弘前市恤兵慰問會 - Hirosaki City Soldiers Consolation Association

 

Reverse

昭和九年二月 - February 1934 派遣 - Dispatch

歩二五満洲出動記念 - 25th Infantry Regiment Manchuria Dispatch Commemorative

昭和十年三月 - March 1935 歸還 - Return to Base

 

Outbreak of Manchurian Incident Commemorative Badge/満州事変勃發記念章

Celluloid badge. Size 19.11 mm. Obverse 満州事変 - Manchurian Incident 勃發記念章 - Outbreak Commemorative Another example.

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1933 Tieling City Manchurian Incident Security Commemorative Incident Commemorative Watch Fob/1933年満州事変警備記念鐵嶺事局後援会章

Size 45.5×34.5 mm. Weight 26 g. Obverse 義勇 - Heroism, Loyalty and Courage reverse 満州事変警備記念 - Manchurian Incident Security Commemorative 鐵嶺事局後援會 - Tieling (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning) Incident Affairs Bureau Supporter's Association 昭和八年 - 1933

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Obverse

Manchurian Incident Memorial Monument + flags of Japan and Manchukuo

reverse

満洲事変戰病歿者建硬記念 - Manchuria Incident Memorial Day for Those who Died During the War

昭和十一年五月十一日 - May 11th, 1936

第三師團 - 3rd Division

 

Height 37 mm.
Width 27 mm.

Reverse

満州事變記念 - Manchurian Incident Commemorative

第十師團乗馬討伐隊 - 10th Division Horseback Subjugation Squad

歩十ノ五 - 10th Infantry [Regiment] 5th [Battalion]

 

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner.

Reverse

原田隊 - Harada Corps/Squad

 

Obverse

一死報國 - Dying for One's Country

reverse engraved

満洲㐧六四六部隊 - Manchuria Unit No. 646 / = 歩兵第281連隊 - 281st Infantry Regiment that was located in East Manchuria/

嘉之海曹長 - Sergeant Major Yoshiyukium

 

Obverse

満州事変記念章 - Manchurian Incident Commemorative Badge

昭和六年九月十八日 - September 18, 1931

reverse

挙國一致 - National Unity

 

Reverse

満蒙事変記念 - Manchurian Incident Commemorative

 

Size 30.4 mm.
Weight 14.9 g.

Obverse

満州派遣記念 - Manchuria Dispatch Commemorative

reverse

寄贈 - Gift

歩六第一中隊會 - 6th Infantry Regiment 1st Company Association

Original case.

満州派遣記念 - Manchuria Dispatch Commemorative

寄贈 - Gift

歩六第一中隊會 - 6th Infantry Regiment 1st Company Association

Watch fobs were manufactured by the Akiba workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-made-by-akiba-medals-tokyo-akiba.21820

 

Obverse

凱旋記念 - Triumphant Return Commemorative

reverse

若松市 - Wakamatsu City /city that once existed in the northeastern part of Fukuoka Prefecture. The city area covered almost the entire Wakamatsu Peninsula, surrounded by the Hibikinada Sea and Dokai Bay, and flourished as a shipping port for coal produced in the Chikuho Coalfields. It borders Tobata City (now Tobata Ward) across Dokai Bay. On February 10, 1963 , it merged with Kokura City, Moji City, Tobata City, and Yahata City to become Kitakyushu City, and ceased to exist/​

Marked 純銀 - pure silver.


Original case.


贈 - Gift

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若松市 - Wakamatsu City

 

Size 31 x 23.5 mm.
Weight 11.8 g.

Reverse

昭和九年二月派遣 - Dispatched in February 1934

歩二五満州出動記念 - 25th Infantry Regiment Dispatch to Manchuria Commemorative

昭和十年三月歸遣 - Returned in March 1935

Twenty Fifth Infantry Regiment was part of the Imperial 7th Division, the first to be organized under the reorganization and modernization program of the Japanese army in the late 19th century. Together with the 26th Infantry Regiment, it formed the 13th Infantry Brigade. The regiment spent its first 50 years garrisoning Sapporo, Hokkaido, although the rest of the division was stationed in Asasikawa. However, it also participated in early conflicts in mainland Asia, such as the Russo-Japanese War and the Siberian Intervention. In 1932 the 2nd battalion participated in the Manchurian Incident . In February 1934 regiment was stationed in Heihe Province, Manchuria.​