Shanghai Incident (a.k.a. January 28 Incident) Commemorative Badges and Watch Fobs/上海事変記念章

 

Reverse

上海事変記念 - Shanghai Incident Commemorative

昭和七年春 - Spring 1932

豊田紡織廠 - Toyoda Textile Factory

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/豊田紡織廠



Made in 純銀 - pure silver

 

Reverse

工 - engineer

below

九 - 9th

In the center

上海事変記念 - Shanghai Incident Commemorative

九大隊 - 9th Batallion

凱旋 – Triumphal Return

昭和七年五月 - May 1932

 

Watch fob of same form but of different design https://asiamedals.info/threads/manchurian-incident-commemorative-badges-and-watch-fobs.23177/

Watch fob of same form, same obverse design but with different reverse inscription https://asiamedals.info/threads/kwantung-army-commemorative-badges-and-watch-fobs.23229/#post-359204

Obverse

功烈不朽 - Immortal Merits

reverse

皇紀二五九二年 - 1932

上海派遣軍凱旋記念 - Shanghai Expeditionary Force Triumphal Return Commemorative

歩兵第二聯隊 - 2nd Infantry Regiment

 

Watch fob in silver.



Obverse

上海 - Shanghai

事変従軍記念 - Incident Service Commemoration

 

Photos courtesy of the owner.

Obverse

Model 25 Vickers Crossley armoured car.

reverse

满洲上海事变 - Manchuria Shanghai Incident

紀念 - Commemorative

 

Obverse

忠勇 - Loyalty and Bravery

reverse

昭和七年 - 1932

上海事変 - Shanghai Incident

 

Obverse

江南 - Jiangnan (a region of China, south to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the region encompasses the city of Shanghai)

reverse

昭和七年上海事変 - 1932 Shanghai Incident

武生江南残櫻会 - Takefu [Chinese reading wǔshēng - an actor playing a martial role in a Chinese opera] Jiangnan Scattered Cherry Blossoms (cherry blossoms were often used to represent the brave soldiers and their rebirth as flowers in the Yasukuni Shrine) Association

 

Hamamatsu City Imperial Military Reservist Association Branch Merit Badge/帝国在郷軍人会濱松市聨合分会功勞章

Obverse 功勞 - Merit reverse 満州上海事変の功こ依リ- Tribute to the Manchurian and Shanghai Incidents 帝國在鄉軍人會 - Imperial Military Reservist Association 濱松市聨合分會 - Hamamatsu City Union Branch

asiamedals.info

 

Reverse

满洲上海事变 - Manchuria Shanghai Incident

紀念 - Commemorative

 

Manchurian Incident commemorative watch fobs with the same design of obverse https://asiamedals.info/threads/man...adges-and-watch-fobs.23177/page-2#post-346844

Reverse

昭和七年 - 1932

上海 - Shanghai

出征記念 - Dispatch Commemorative

歩兵第十旅團司令部 - Infantry Brigade 10th Headquarters

Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

 

24th Mixed Brigade table medal.

Size 65 mm.
Thickness 7.5 mm.
Weight 180 g.

Obverse

混成第二十四旅団 - 24th Mixed Brigade

reverse

上海事変戦歴 - Shanghai Incident History

昭和七年- 1932

Details.

These six-pointed stars ("stars of David") are symbols of brigade headquarters https://asiamedals.info/threads/sol...t-garrison-units-in-photos.24266/#post-356764

Original case.

頒賜 - Award

Medals were manufactured by the Seki Shōten workshop in Tokyo https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-made-by-seki-shoten.22272/

 

Size 23 mm.

Reverse

昭和七年 - 1932

上海事変 - Shanghai Incident

記念 - Commemorative