Yan Xishan Bandits Defeat Commemorative Watch Fob/中代部隊閻匪撃滅記念章

Quite rare watch fob from personal collection.

Obverse

Emblem of independent garrison units.

reverse

昭和十一年十二月十八日 - December 18, 1936

閻匪撃滅記念 - Yan Bandits Defeat Commemorative /閻 for 閻錫山 - Yan Xishan - Chinese warlord who served in the government of the Republic of China. He effectively controlled the province of Shanxi from the 1911 Xinhai Revolution to the 1949 Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Xishan)

中代部隊 - Nakadai Unit

 

Watch fob with practically intact blackening.

Original case.

 

Watch fob with similar (but not identical) design and different inscription (original reverse inscriptions were erased).