Ordinary Member's Badge of the Navy League/海軍協會通常會員章

Early badges.

Silver-colored badge in base metal with hot enamel.
Size approximately 17 mm.

1st variation manufactured by Taishodo workshop.

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Ordinary Member's Badge of the Navy League 海軍協會正會員章.jpg


Reverse

海軍協會 - Navy League

Original case.

海軍協會 - Navy League

通常員會 - Ordinary Member's Badge /通常員 - could be also translated as regular member/

Original case for such badges.

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Label of Taishodo workshop inside https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-other-products-of-taishodo-watch-shop-tokyo.15302/

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2nd variation "long rays" manufactured by Taishodo workshop.

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Original case.

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These badges are slightly smaller than Full Member's Badges https://asiamedals.info/threads/full-members-badge-of-the-navy-league.23836/.
Same goes for the size of their cases.

Ordinary Member's Badge vs Full Member's Badge (official chart of association badges).

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Ordinary Member's Badge (1st variation) vs Full Member's Badge.

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Ordinary Member's Badge (2nd variation) vs Full Member's Badge.

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Both badges manufactured by Taishodo workshop.

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When silvering is lost size will always be there to help collector determine the badge grade (ordinary/full member).
Ordinary badge has size somewhere around 17 mm while full member has size around 19 mm.

2nd variation that completely lost its silvering.

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Ordinary Member's Badge of the Navy League 海軍協會通常會員章.JPG


2nd variation with intact silvering.

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3rd variation.

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The easiest way to differentiate between previously two Taishodo-made variation and new one.

Taishodo vs. 3rd variation

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Original case.

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Note that the name of the badge contains additional kanji .
海軍協會 通常會員 instead 海軍協會 通常會員章 that we observed previously at the cases for Taishodo-made badges.

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Another example of 3rd variation.

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Case.

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4th variation "Screw fastening".

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Late war badges.

Paint instead of hot enamel and aluminum alloy/cupronickel or plastic instead of base metal.

1st variation manufactured by Akiba workshop.

Early badge made by Taishodo vs. late war badge made by Akiba https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-made-by-akiba-medals-tokyo-akiba.21820

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Cases (note that both have "long" version of inscription with ).

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Akiba advertising leaflet inside the case made from grey cardboard (the right one)

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Taishodo label inside another case.

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Early badge of 3rd variation vs. late war badge made by Akiba.

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Plastic/bakelite/resin.

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Original case.

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