Rifle Shooting Qualification Badge/小銃射撃適任章

Badges were manufactured by several workshops. One of these workshops was Kobayashi Medal Works https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-of-kobayashi-medal-mfg-co-ltd-medaru.22413/

1st type "flat reverse" badges.

1940 early badge in pure silver.

Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

紀元二千六百年 - 2600 Imperial Year = 1940

小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge

Engraved number

第十八號 - No. 18

and name

竹内敏之 - Takeuchi Toshiyuki

Details.

 

1941 unmarked badge.

紀元二千六百一年 - 2601 Imperial Year = 1941

小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge

Engraved number

第一二五號 - No. 125

and name

思田喜彦 - Onda Yoshihiko

Details.

Another example of 1941 unmarked badge. Pin is missing.

Reverse

紀元二千六百一年 - 2601 Imperial Year = 1941

小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge

Engraved number

第七一號 - No. 71

and name

松下東洋男 - Matsushita Toyoo

 

1942 badges in silvered base metal.

No. 184

Note that originally this badge was made as 1941 badge. Later additional horizontal stoke was added to kanji 一 /1/ in year line and thus 二 /2/ was created.

Reverse

紀元二千六百二年 - 2602 Imperial Year = 1942

小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge

Engraved number

第一八四號 - No. 184

and engraved name

手塚光郎 - Tedzuka Mitsurō

 

No. 255

Reverse

紀元二千六百二年 - 2602 Imperial Year = 1942

小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge

Engraved number

第二五五號 - No. 255

and engraved name.

Original case.

 

No. 319

Reverse

紀元二千六百二年 - 2602 Imperial Year = 1942

小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge

Engraved number

第三一九號 - No. 319

and engraved name

内藤善一 - Naitō Zen'ichi

 

1943 badges.

Note that number 3/三 in year is engraved.

No. 491

Reverse

紀元二千六百三年 - 2603 Imperial Year = 1943

小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge

Engraved number

第四九一號 - No. 491

and engraved name

山路多三 - Tazo Yamaji

Original case.

 

No. 1160

Number 3/三 in year is again engraved. All known badges from 1943 have this feature.

Reverse

紀元二千六百三年 - 2603 Imperial Year = 1943

小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge

Engraved number

第一 一六〇號 - No. 1160

and engraved name

鈴木馨 - Kaoru Suzuki


Original case.

 

No. 1216

Reverse

紀元二千六百三年 - 2603 Imperial Year = 1943

小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge

Engraved number

第一二一六號 - No. 1216

and engraved name

櫻井達彦 - Sakurai Tatsuhiko

 

1944 badges.

No. 1515

Note that 4/四 in year is engraved.

Reverse

紀元二千六百四年 - 2604 Imperial Year = 1944

小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge

Engraved number

第一五一五號 - No. 1515

and engraved name

石川邦夫 - Kunio Ishikawa

 

No. 1575

Reverse

紀元二千六百四年 - 2604 Imperial Year = 1944

小銃射撃適任章 - Rifle Shooting Competence/Eligibility Badge

Engraved number

第一五七五號 - No. 1575

and engraved name

前田節夫 - Maeda Setsuo

 

2nd type "mirror reverse" badges.

No. 1843

Pin stamped

一八四三 - 1843

 

No. 2661

Pin stamped

二六 一 一 - 2611

 

No. 2812

Pin stamped

二八一二 - 2812

 

No. 2829

Pin stamped

二八二九 - 2829

 

No. 3406

Pin stamped

三四〇六 - 3406

 

No. 3739

Pin stamped

三七三九 - 3739

 

No. 4005

Pin stamped

四〇〇五 - 4005