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Now let’s examine this strange specimen from the Peterson book. Why it is “strange”? Because it is the only specimen I saw that don’t have stamped number on reverse. Obverse

By the way, can somebody explain to me why Peterson made this strange (absolutely irrelevant!) comment about Manchukuo reservist badge?! I mean what was his point?

Please note this and this

Yep. This rare Manchukuo wound badge (medal?)… The only source of info that we have today about this badge is 166 page in 3rd edition of Peterson book. Actually only four lines of text and even in these four lines we’ll find two inaccuracies Here it is

Very nice! This one was made between 1940 and 1945. Congratulations

Another date is April 1, 1943 (this badge we saw in posts #37-38 variation in silver without meridians (mark STRELING under the hook))

P.S. By the way, as for today we have two known awarding dates for this badge First will be January 6, 1946 (see post #23 by Martin) He comes another documented badge (looks like we have the tompac variation here). Same date same cruiser

Personally I can’t find any plausible explanation why Japanese (!!!) manufacturer used american (ok, not really exclusively “american”, but nevertheless) mark sterling (we are talking about 1943!!!) on the badges that were made for German Navy personnel … Also why this mark has slightly different style on different badges? And what`s up with this migration (under, over, upside down ...) Same story with variations ... I can`t understand why we have silver and tombac versions. Any ideas guys? Regards, Nick

Made by the Japan Mint + SILVER

Beauty ...

Famous set for veterans from the Prime Minister's Office. These were issued in 60s.

Department of Police awading cup

Same mark story with awarding silver cups! No sterling around Imperial Gift cup from 1915 (Taisho Enthronement Commemoration) Mark "pure silver" + manufacturer personal mark

And again typical japanese mark (and this one on the badge that came from 70s-80s!!!)

At last! Silver

50 years of railway badge existence allow us to get an interesting perspective on silver mark evolution