Marks and Labels of Manufacturers of Japanese Medals, Badges and Watch Fobs

Yonezawa Medal Works, Osaka

Badges and watch fobs made by Yonezawa Medal Works/ヨネザワ徽章製作所

Workshop from Osaka. School badge.

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Amano Kinseido, Kyoto

Emperor of Manchuria Fushimi Police Station Guarding Commemorative Medal/満州国皇帝陛下伏見警察暑御警衛記念章

Diameter 55 mm. Thickness 5 mm. Weight 92 g. Reverse 昭和十年四月- April 1935 満州國皇帝陛下 - His Majesty the Emperor of Manchuria 御警衛記念 - Imperial Guard Commemorative 伏見警察暑 - Fushimi Police Station Original case. 記念 - Commemorative 伏見警察暑 - Fushimi Police Station Medal was made by 天野金盛堂...

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Amino&Co, Tokyo

Army War College Graduation Badges made by Amino&Co, Tokyo

Size 42 x 35 mm. Weight 20.3 g. Original case. 陸軍大學校卒業徽章 - Army War College Graduation Badge

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Sohei Shimoi, Tokyo​

Badges and watch fobs manufactured by the Sohei Shimoi/下井惣平製造

Workshop from Tokyo. Active during 1930s. In the center of the star kanji 美 - beauty (same kanji was used by Osaka workshop Shobido https://asiamedals.info/threads/mark-on-japanese-orders-who-and-when.25816). Another workshop that used same kanji in its logo was Sato Shogo...

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Nichiman Medal Works, Tokyo

Badges and watch fobs made by the Nichiman Medal Works/日満徽章製作所

The name of this Tokyo workshop literally translates as Japan-Manchuria Medal Works. Standard workshop labels. NM in the center of the label stands for NichiMan/日満,where 日 (Nippon/Japan) + 満 (Manshū/Manchuria). Workshop advertisement.

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Izaburo Watanabe, Tokyo

Badges manufactured by the Izaburo Watanabe workshop/陸軍諸官衛御用 金屬 渡邉伊三郎

Official army supplier from Tokyo.

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Yagi Medals Works, Matsuyama

トロフィー名入れなど、記念品のオーダーメイドのことなら八木記章へ

トロフィー優勝カップ・優勝楯・記念品のオーダーメイド承りますトロフィーの事ならなんでもご相談ください

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Matsuzakaya department store, Nagoya

Medals, badges and watch fobs made for department store Matsuzakaya/松坂屋

Matsuzakaya/松坂屋 is a major Japanese department store chain operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, a subsidiary of J. Front Retailing. When the chain was an independent company, Matsuzakaya Co., Ltd. (株式会社松坂屋, Kabushiki-gaisha Matsuzakaya), it had its headquarters in Naka-ku, Nagoya...

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Fujimura Shōten, Hikone​

Badges made by Fujimura Shōten/藤村商店

Workshop from Hikone city, Shiga prefecture. Fire brigade badge. ] In commemoration of guard duty during Prince Nashimoto Morimasa visit to Shiga prefecture . April 16, 1937.

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Kobayashi Korindo, Osaka

Badges, medals and watch fobs manufactured by Kobayashi Korindo workshop/小林香林堂

Famous workshop from Osaka that was actively involved in manufacturing of table medals, badges and watch fobs. Workshop was an official supplier of the Japanese Mint /造幣局御用/. Known workshop labels. Workshop mark on the metallic items.

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Light Medal Works, Osaka

Badges manufactured by Light Medal Works/ライト徽章製作所

Workshop from Osaka city.

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Meiji Medals Company, Tokyo

Medals, Badges and Watch Fobs made by Meiji Medals Company/明治徽章商會

Tokyo-based workshop. Active during 1920s/1930s.

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Takenaka Shōten, Osaka

Friends of the Military Association Badges with Imperial Reservist Association Emblem

Beautiful badge in the form of the Imperial Reservist Association membership badge. Obverse 軍友 - Friend of the Military.

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Aihara Kōkichi workshop, Tokyo

Soldier’s Bereaved Families Relief Association Membership Badge/軍人遺族救護義會會員徽章

Forerunner of the Imperial Soldier’s Relief League. 1st type badges. 1st variation was manufactured by Gyokuhō workshop in Tokyo. Photo courtesy of the owner. Reverse 軍人遺族 - Soldier’s [Military Personnel] Bereaved Family 救護義會 - Relief Association 會員徽章 - Membership Badge Original case...

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Toridzu Precious Jade Shop, Osaka

Military Bereaved Family Support Union Official`s Badge/軍人遺家族援護組合役員御徽章

Photo courtesy of the owner. Obverse 長池 - Pond [Reservoir] Chief 援護 - Support 軍人遺家族援護組合役員 - Military Bereaved Family Support Union Official Case (most likely not original to the badge). 御徽章- Badge of Honour Inside label of Toridzu workshop. 鳥津寳玉堂謹製 - made by Toridzu Precious Jade...

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Iwana Store

Shibata Regimental District Friends of the Military Association Badge/新発田連隊区軍友会章

Size 25 mm. Obverse 軍友 - Friends of the Military reverse 新発田聯隊區 - Shibata Regimental District case 軍友徽章 - Friends of the Military Association Badge 新発田聯隊區 - Shibata Regimental District

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Taiyo Shokai, Lushun /Port Arthur/

25th Anniversary of Russo-Japanese War Commemorative Watch Fob/昭和五年日露戦役二十五周年記念章

Photo courtesy of the owner. Height 27.5 mm. Width 24.1 mm. Weight 7.6 g. Obverse 肉弾 /Nikudan/ Human Bullet After the Russo–Japanese war (1904–05), Tadayoshi Sakurai (1879–1965), an army lieutenant, wrote a war literature Nikudan (Human Bullets): the record of the battle of Port Arther...

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Kitagawa Gyokusen, Mito City

Ibaraki Prefecture Firefighting Association Merit Badges/茨城県消防協会功労章

Merit badges of Imperial Marine Association with similar design https://asiamedals.info/threads/merit-badges-of-imperial-marine-association.21666/ Honorary Merit Badge. Original pin was broken. 名譽 - Honorary 功勞章 - Merit Badge Marked 仙玉 for 北川玉仙 - Kitagawa Gyokusen ( Gyokusen = Jade...

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Yoshikatsu Kurokawa Factory, Tokyo

Tokyo Prefecture Election “Clean-Up” (Shukusei) Badge/東京府選挙粛正章

Obverse 粛正 - “Clean-Up” (Shukusei) reverse 東京府 - Tokyo Prefecture 選挙粛正 - Election “Clean-Up” During late 1930s “Clean-Up” (Shukusei) was not merely an official enlightenment movement to prevent electoral corruption but an all-out campaign launched nationwide by the Home Ministry and the...

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Workshop K.S/Shibusawa Medals, Tokyo

Badges and Watch Fobs made by Shibusawa Medals, Tokyo/澁澤徽章製作所

Founded in April 1908 this workshop is successfully working to this day. https://www.shibusawa-medals.co.jp/ Only one version of the workshop label is known and not a single hallmark. 澁澤徽章製作所 - Shibusawa Kisho Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

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