1914 Taisho Enthronement Commemorative Watch Fobs from Osaka Mainichi Shimbun Newspaper/大正三年十一月大阪毎日新聞社御大典記念章

1st variation "square loop".

Size 34 x 32 mm.
Thickness 2 mm.
Weight 15 g.

Obverse

Inside the banners

萬歳 - Banzai (in regular and seal scripts)

御即位大典記念 - Enthronement Commemorative

reverse

第壹万壹千號記念 - [Emperor live and reign for] Ten Thousand of Ten Thousand Years Commemorative

優待 - Welcome

In the center emblem of Osaka Mainichi Shimbun https://asiamedals.info/threads/osaka-mainichi-shimbun-badges-and-watch-fobs.24611

大正三年 - 1914

御即位大典記念 - Enthronement Commemorative

大阪毎日新聞社 - Osaka Mainichi Shimbun

Original case.

(甲種) - Class A

御即位大典記念 - Enthronement Commemorative

大阪毎日新聞社 - Osaka Mainichi Shimbun

 

Another example of cased 1st variation.

Back inscription reads

大正三年三月十八日 - March 18, 1914

大阪毎日新聞 - Osaka Mainichi Newspaper

第壹万壹千號記念 - [Emperor live and reign for] Ten Thousand of Ten Thousand Years Commemorative

 

Specimen in mint condition.

Watch fobs were manufactured by the Shobido workshop in Osaka https://asiamedals.info/threads/mark-on-japanese-orders-who-and-when.25816

 

2nd variation "round loop".

Watch fob of smaller size, different stamp and different form of the loop.

Size 27 mm.
Weight 12 g.

Note that (甲種) - Class A is missing from the front of the case and reverse doesn't have phrase 優待 - Welcome.

2nd variation was also manufactured by the Shobido workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/mark-on-japanese-orders-who-and-when.25816/