Merit Badges of Imperial Marine Association/帝国海事協會功勞章

Merit badges of Ibaraki Prefecture Firefighting Association with similar design https://asiamedals.info/threads/ibaraki-prefecture-firefighting-association-merit-badges.24851/


Today this association is known as

一般財団法人 日本海事協会 / Nippon Kaiji Kyokai

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本海事協会


3rd class badge.

Most likely the pin was restored.

Pin inscription reads

参等功勞章 - 3rd class merit badge

Another 3rd class badge with re-laid enamel.

Original case.




義勇艦隊建設 - Construction of Volunteer Fleet (not simply "fleet construction" or another wrong translation "dutiful and brave fleet construction").

参等功勞章 - 3rd class merit badge

帝国海事協會 - Imperial Marine Association

Interestlingly inscription on the case lid uses old style (and seal) variant of 3 参 but on the pin wew observe the modern one 三.




5th class badge.





義勇艦隊建設 - Construction of Volunteer Fleet

五等功勞章 - 5th class merit badge

帝国海事協會 - Imperial Marine Association




6th class.






The design of 6th class badges is paractically identical to 5th class.




Only reverse insciptions are different.
Instead of 五等功勞章 - 5th class class merit badge we observe 六等功勞章 - 6th class merit badge.

7th class.
Size 46 mm.
Weight 20.5 g.
Case 96mm X 95 mm X 27 mm.





Original case.



7th class with original document issued on 20.12.1907

Issued to 神戸太郎 - Kobe Taro.

 

Another caed specimen of 7th class.

Size.

Weight.

Case.

 

Apart stands this commemorative badge.







Reverse reads

義勇艦建設 - Construction of Volunteer Fleet

記念章 - commemorative badge

Original case for these badges.
Inscription on the lid is the same.



Badges were manufactured by Tokyo workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-other-products-of-seishukan-workshop-tokyo.22890/

生秀館 / Seishukan

The badge is comparatively small.
6th/7th class merit badges vs. commemorative badge.
Photo courtesy of the owner.

 

Beautifully patinated 7th class.

 

5th class badge.