Meritorious Member Badges of Navy League/海軍協會 有功會員徽章

Interestingly this badge is absent from 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/
So it must be introduced after 1939.

Early badges.


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Reverse

有功會員徽章 - Meritorious Member Badge

海軍協會 - Navy League

Made in heavy metal with hot enamel.

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Original case.

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All known badges (both early and late war types) were made by Taishodo workshop in Tokyo https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-other-products-of-taishodo-watch-shop-tokyo.15302/
The other possible manufacturer of these badges could be Akiba workshop.

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Inside the case

昭和十六年十月二十五日 - October 25, 1941

お受 - received

Looks like early badegs were issued (at least) until autumn 1941.
 
Lodgment material variation.

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Badge. Loos like some simple soul was testing it for gold.

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Another cased example.

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Late war badges.

1st variation.


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

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Original case.

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Another example of 1st variation.

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Inside the case label of Taishodo workshop.

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Close up of "painting".

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2nd variation.

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Case (note the change in geometry of the case and size of insciption on the lid).

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3rd variation.

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Original case.


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4th variation.

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Taishodo label inside.

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Another badge from the same workshop from the very same time period.

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    imperial japan navy badges imperial japan navy league meritorious member badge 功労会員徽章 海軍協会 海軍協会章 海軍協會有功會員徽章
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