Merit Member Badges of Navy League/海軍協會 功勞會員徽章

Another badge that could not be found in the official badge chart of association that was published in 1939 https://asiamedals.info/threads/membership-and-merit-badges-of-the-navy-league-official-chart.23263/ Introduced after 1939? See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/meritorious-member-badges-of-navy-league.22830/

Early badges.

Hot enamel + base metal.

Reverse

功勞會員徽章 - Merit Member Badges

Please note that the difference between 功勞 - merit; meritorious service and 有功 - merit; to perform meritorious service https://asiamedals.info/threads/meritorious-member-badges-of-navy-league.22830/ is practically non-existent.

海軍協會 - Navy League

Original case.

Main manufacturer of these badges was Taishodo workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-other-products-of-taishodo-watch-shop-tokyo.15302/

 

Badge has smaller size than Merit Badge https://asiamedals.info/threads/merit-badges-of-navy-league.23831/

Here they are together

 

Another badge from late 1930s.

Quality of enameling.

 

Color variation of interior.

 

Late war badges.

1st variation.

Alluminium alloy and paint instead of hot enamel and base metal.

Case.

 

Note the specific construction of the pin that this variation of badge uses.
It is typical for the badges manufactured by Taishodo workshop.

 

Another cased example with slightly different painting job.

Quality of the case is almost unchanged.

 

2nd variation (different pin construction).

 

Color scheme variation.