See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/55th-class-of-aviation-school-military-training-watch-fob.28131/.
Size 43 x 36 mm.
Obverse
士 for 士官 - NCO
修武 - Practice Martial Arts/Military Training
reverse
臺名下賜記念 - [NCO] Rank Bestowal Commemorative
Original case.
臺名下賜記念 - [NCO] Rank...
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陸軍航空士官学校台名下賜記念章
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Sendai Army Flying School was opened in July 1938 as the Mito Army Flying School https://asiamedals.info/threads/mito-army-flight-school-graduation-commemorative-watch-fobs.26166/. In September 1943 school was moved to Miyagi Prefecture and was renamed Sendai Army Flying School. In May 1944, the...
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...