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    NCO meritorious service badge (a.k.a. NCO attendance's badge)


    JapanX

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    Attractive and pretty rare ...

    It's time to have a little chat about this one ;)

    Peterson on p.109 gives us the name of this badge (not very exact) “Regular Attendants Badge NCO” + photo of the badge (fig.194).

    That’s it.

    Not much :whistle:

    When, to whom and for what

    Well now we know that this badge was established on March 2, 1904.

    Original name of this badge is 下士勤功章

    下 - under

    士 - officer

    勤 - hard working/attendance

    功 - service/merit/meritorious service

    章 - badge

    Or, as we call it in Moscow (by using Google translator :whistle:), Kashi Tsutomu Isao Fumi.

    This badge was awarded to NCOs for exemplary performance. Candidates for this badge were selected by each unit (candidate should had at least 6 years of exemplary service). But only very few got this badge. Crème de la crème of NCO :)

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    Cherry blossom in the centre of the badge should be silvered

    but sometime it had goldish patina

    in the begining of the process :)

    at the end

    When all silver is lost cherry blossom has this look ;)

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