Mito Army Flight School Graduation Commemorative Watch Fobs/水戸陸軍飛行学校卒業記念章

Rare watch fobs with interesting design.

Obverse

戦技 - Combat Skills

reverse

皇紀二六〇一年 - 1941

水戸陸軍飛行學第六期 - Mito Army Flight School 6th Class

陸軍航空通信學校第一期 - Army Aviation Signal School 1st Class (established in August 1940 as part of the Mito Army Flight School and moved to a new facility nearby in October of the same year).

生 - Student

Engraved

熊澤孝行 - Takayuki Kumazawa

 

Another example of such watch fob with a different engraving.

Engraved

笠原俊生 - Kasahara Toshio

 

Obverse

戦技 - Combat Skills

MG for Maschinengewehr = Machine-gun


reverse

水戸陸軍飛行學 - Mito Army Flight School

2602 = 1942

機上射手第一回生 - Aircraft Gunner 1st Class Student

 

Reverse

2601 - 1941

水戸陸軍飛行學第六期 - Mito Army Flight School

武装第六期生 - Armaments 6th Class Student

Engraved

石田工- Ishida Kō

 

Obverse

戦化 - Warfare

reverse

2602 - 1942

卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative

水戸陸軍飛行學校 - Mito Army Flight School

第六期特種學生 - 6th Special Class Student

Engraved

國末猛 - Takeshi Kunisue

 

Obverse

無線 - Wireless/Radio

reverse

2600 - 1940

水戸陸軍飛行學校 - Mito Army Flight School

第二回無線學生 - 2nd [Aviation] Signalmen/Radiomen Class

 

Obverse

戦技 - Combat Skills

reverse

水戸陸軍飛行學校 - Mito Army Flight School

第九期戦技學生 - 2nd [Air] Combat [Skills] Class

Engraved name is only partly readable because of attempts to erase it.

 

Obverse

戦技 - Combat Skills

reverse

水戸陸軍飛行學校 - Mito Army Flight School

第二回戦技學生卒業記念 - 2nd [Air] Combat Class Graduation Commemorative


Engraved 桶田富雄 - Okeda Tomio

Key chain.

 

Another example of 2nd class graduation watch fob.

Obverse

戦技 - Combat Skills

reverse

水戸陸軍飛行學校 - Mito Army Flight School

第二回戦技學生卒業記念 - 2nd [Air] Combat Class Graduation Commemorative


Engraved name is unknown.

 

Dragon, kite, scull, airplane, two bombs ... What more could you wish?

Obverse

武裝 - Weaponry/Armament

reverse

二千六百一年 - 1941

水戸陸軍飛行學 - Mito Army Flight School

第二回武裝學生 - 2nd Weaponry/Armament [Class] Trainee

Engraved

雪岡弘 - Yukioka Hiroshi

 

Size 50.45 x 48.57 mm.

Obverse

水飛 for 水戸[陸軍]飛行[學校] - Mito [Army] Flying [School]

reverse

皇紀二千六百年 - 1940

水戸陸軍飛行學校 - Mito Army Flying School

卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative

Engraved

川口 - Kawaguchi

 

Watch fob of a similar design https://asiamedals.info/threads/194...raduation-commemorative-watch-fob-1941.28843/

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner.

Reverse

Year [erased]

水戸陸軍飛行學校 - Mito Army Flight School

下士官學生第一期 - 1st Class of NCO Students

Engraved

菅村清 - Kiyoshi Sugamura