Very interesting "personalized" badge made after official proficiency badge https://asiamedals.info/threads/japanese-tank-and-armored-car-driver-soldiers-badges.27333/
Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner.
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戰車 - Tank
第四大隊 - 4th Battalion
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戰車装甲車操縦兵徽章
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Badges were established on November 25, 1941 by Ministry of Army Ordinance No. 28 /軍令陸第二十八號/. Text of the ordinance was published on November 29, 1941.
戰車 装甲車 操縦徽章 - Tank Armored Car Driver Badge
下士官徽章 - Noncommissioned Officer's Badge
Badges were made in cupronickel.
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