See also badges with similar design https://asiamedals.info/threads/man...dges-and-watch-fobs.23177/page-3#post-349361; https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-and-watch-fobs-of-kwantung-army-flying-corps.20131/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/guards-units-badges-and-watch-fobs.25530/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/kite-design-independent-garrison-units-commemorative-badges.23759/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/fujino-corps-badge.26178/.
Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner.
Obverse
功勞 - Merit
reverse
帝國在郷軍人會 - Imperial Military Reservist Association
小豆郡聯合分會 - Shozu District /Kagawa prefecture/ Branch of Association
Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner.
Obverse
功勞 - Merit
八紘一宇 - Hakkō Ichiu /八紘一宇/ "eight crown cords, one roof", i.e. "all the world under one roof") or hakkō iu /八紘為宇, 八紘爲宇/ was a Japanese political slogan meaning the divine right of the Empire of Japan to "unify the eight corners of the world". This slogan formed the basis of the Japanese Empire's ideology. It was prominent from the Second Sino-Japanese War to World War II, popularized in a speech by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe on January 8, 1940.
紀元二千六百年 - 1940
reverse
帝國在郷軍人會 - Imperial Military Reservist Association
小豆郡聯合分會 - Shozu District /Kagawa prefecture/ Branch of Association