下士官用操縦徽章

修業證書 - Training Certificate Issued to 陸軍航空兵軍曹 - Army Flight Sergeant on 昭和八年二月二十八日 - February 28, 1933 Badge.

Size 51 x 34.5 mm. Weight 29.73 g. Engraved 戰時 - Wartime 八十一 - 81st [class] 川口 - Kawaguchi

Reverse engraved 第四期生 - 4th Class 黒岩 - Kuroiwa Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

Field repaired badge. The reverse pin and hood were replaced and resoldered. Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Reverse engraved 第五十八期生 - 58th Class 竹本伍長 - Corporal Takemoto

Pilot badge in silver. Reverse engraved 第七十二期 - 72nd Class 一木 - Ichiki Marked 純銀 - pure silver. Original case. 下士官用操縦徽章 - Non-commissioned Officer's Pilot Badge

The Tachiarai Army Flight School opened in 1940 and trained many pilots who took part in kamikaze operations in the last year of the war. The Tachiarai Flight School had a branch school in Chiran (Kagoshima Prefecture), where many Army pilots departed to make suicide attacks on the American...

Engraved 武市篤 - Takechi Atsushi marked 純銀 - pure silver. Original case. 下士官用操縦徽章 - Non-commissioned Officer's Pilot Badge 古谷野時計店 - Koyano Watch Shop Shimodate city, Ibaraki Prefecture

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/japanese-officers-pilot-badge-with-two-hallmarks.27993/ Interesting badge. Engraved 第五十五期 - Fifty-fifth Term/Class 吉田 - Yoshida Marked 純銀 - pure silver 金張 - gold plated Original case. 下士官用操縦徽章 - Non-commissioned Officer's Pilot Badge

These have a distinct charm.

Right one 陸軍飛行機操縦徽章 - Army Pilot's Badge left one 下士官用操縦徽章 - Non-commissioned Officer's Pilot Badge

Original case. 下士官用操縦徽章 - Non-commissioned Officer's Pilot Badge On the back side of the case label of Handaya Watch Shop /半田屋時計店/ in Tokorozawa https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-manufactured-by-handaya-watch-shop.26054/

Original case. 将校用徽章 - Officer's Badge Label of Toho workshop inside https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-manufactured-by-toho-medal-works.24197/