Obidome of Women's Patriotic Association/愛國婦人会帯留め

Reverse

愛国婦人会広島県支部 - Patriotic Women's Association Hiroshima Prefecture Branch

第三回総会記念 - 3rd General Assembly Commemorative

Original case.

Obidomes were manufactured by Yamagata Motobei workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/history-badges-and-labels-of-yamagata-motobei-workshop.21252/

 

Nicely enamelled piece.

Obidome /帯留め/おびどめ/ is a small broocheworn threaded onto the obijime, making a charming decoration on the front of the obi. Can be made of wood, ceramic, resin, mother-of-pearl, or precious metals. Often in designs such as flowers, small objects, or animals. The back surface will almost always be flat with two closely-spaced raised rectangular holes, used for sliding the obidome over the thin flat obijime cord.

 

Obidome with slightly different design.

Reverse


創立三十五周年 - 35th Anniversary of Foundation


第三十五回通常総会 - 35th Ordinary General Assembly


記念 - Commemorative

Original case.

 

Reverse

皇紀二千六百年記念 - 2600th Anniversary Celebrations of the Japanese Empire Commemorative

愛国婦人会 - Patriotic Women's Association

第六回総会記念参加章 - 6th General Assembly Commemorative Participation Badge

昭和十五年五月 - May 1940

Original case.

Obidome was manufactured by Akiba workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-made-by-akiba-medals-tokyo-akiba.21820/

 

Photo courtesy of the owner.

行幸I記念 - Imperial Visit Commemorative

愛国婦人会旭川市分会 - Patriotic Women's Association Asahikawa City Branch

昭和十二年 - 1937


Original case.

I記念 - Commemorative

愛国婦人会 - Patriotic Women's Association

旭川市分会 - Asahikawa City Branch

 

Photo courtesy of the owner.

Original case.

紀念品 - Souvenir; Memorabilia

愛國婦人會 - Patriotic Women’s Association

上田市分會 - Ueda City Branch

 

紀念 - Commemorative

愛國婦人會中村區分會 - Nakamura Ward Branch of Patriotic Women's Association

Obidome was made by Kinkodo workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-marks-and-labels-of-kinkodo-medals-co.22613

Obverse

中村 - Nakamura

reverse

愛國婦人會 - Patriotic Women's Association

Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

 

愛國婦人會 - Patriotic Women's Association

 

愛國婦人會 - Patriotic Women's Association

鎌倉市分會 - Kamakura City Branch

 

Reverse

表彰祝賀紀念 - Commendation Celebration Commemoration

愛婦足立區分會 - Adachi Ward Branch of Patriotic Women's Association

二六〇一 - 1941

Original case.

Obidome was made by Kobayashi Medal Mfg. Co. https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-of-kobayashi-medal-mfg-co-ltd-medaru.22413/

 

Wrong attribution of this obidome

from Murphy and Ackley catalogue.

 

Another specimen with almost intact silvering.

 

Rare obidome issued by Korean branch of Association.

Reverse

總會記念 - General Meeting Commemorative

昭和十三年五月 - May 1938

Original case.

記念 - Commemorative

愛國婦人會 - Patriotic Women's Association

元山府分會 - Wonsan Branch of Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonsan

Obidome was made by Nichibei Kishō Shōkai/Japanese-American Medal Company https://asiamedals.info/threads/bad...shokai-japanese-american-medal-company.22338/

 

Reverse

記念 - Commemorative

愛國婦人會 - Patriotic Women's Association

第一回總會 - 1st General Meeting of Association

沼津市分會 - Numazu City Branch of Association

This obidome was described as "unspecified chapter" in Murphy and Ackley.

Obviously it is more than "specified". At least for those who can read.

沼津市分會 - Numazu City Branch of Association

 

Photo courtesy of the owner.

Thanks to original case for another such badge

愛國婦人會 - Patriotic Women's Association

清水市分會 - Shimizu City Branch of Association

 

Anonymous obidome with different color scheme.

 

Another anonymous obidome with different color scheme.

Another example.

 

35th Anniversary of the Women's Patriotic Association Foundation Commemorative Obidome.

1st variation.

Reverse

創立三十五周年紀念 - 35th Anniversary of the Foundation Commemorative

Original case.

創立三十五周年紀念 - 35th Anniversary of the Foundation Commemorative

愛國婦人會 - Patriotic Women's Association

2nd variation.
Different color of enamel. Photo courtesy of the owner.

 

3rd variation.

Different color scheme and made in pure silver.

Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

Original case.

創立三十五周年紀念 - 35th Anniversary of the Foundation Commemorative

愛國婦人會 - Patriotic Women's Association

 

第二回總會 - 2nd General Meeting of Association

記念 - Commemorative

愛婦 for 愛國婦人會 - Patriotic Women's Association

静岡市分會 - Shizuoka City Branch of Association