The Home Front Service Association /Jū Go Hōkō Kai/ was a government-sponsored organization established at the municipal level in Japan during World War II, with the purpose of providing military support and boosting morale. It was established nationwide in 1939 by integrating former military affairs branches and bereaved family support groups. Its mission was to provide support to the families of soldiers who had been sent to war, while also encouraging wartime citizens to fulfill their military service obligations and cooperate with the war effort through the provision of resources, in other words, "protecting the home front."
Size 21 x 14 mm.
Obverse
公 - Public
revese
銃後奉公會分會役員章 - Home Front Service Association Branch Officer's Badge
大阪市 - Osaka City
住吉區 - Sumiyoshi Ward