Supporting Member's Badge of Imperial Soldiers' Relief Association/帝国軍人後援会賛助會員徽章

Several manufacturers and numerous stamp variations are known.

1st variation made by Suzuki workshop.

Reverse

帝國軍人後援會 - Imperial Soldiers' Relief Association

Original case.

帝國軍人後援會 - Imperial Soldiers' Relief Association

賛助徽章 - Supporting [Member of Association] Badge

Label of Suzuku workshop inside.

 

2nd variation made by Gyokuhō workshop.

Original case.

賛助徽章 - Supporting [Member of Association] Badge

帝國軍人後援會 - Imperial Soldiers' Relief Association

at the bottom

玉宝堂謹製 - made by Gyokuhō

 

3rd variation.

 

4th variation "Pink Ribbon Anomaly"

Well-known anomaly of the Sacred Treasure order ribbons.
Typical for the orders that belong to the 1900s-1920s time period.

 

5th variation.

Photos courtesy of the owner.

 

Cased specimen.

 

6th variation.