Unknown insignia

[Nico]

Hello,

I bought this insignia a while ago for a really small amount of euros but I'm afraid I dont know what it is. The seller told me it was a nurse insignia. Any idea?

Thanks

[Paul L Murphy]

It is some type of nursing badge (that is what the large character in the middle means). The box has a date but the first few characters are blurred, it might be Showa Year 10 (1935) but I am not sure. The style of the badge is consistent with the 30s. The top three characters on the badge are the name of a prefecture, from memory it is Hyogo Prefecture. This is the prefecture which contains Kobe.

Not military, most likely for a nurse in a prefectural hospital at that time.

[Nico]

Thanks for your reply Paul.

Actually I'm quite happy with the fact it's not military as I'm only collecting non-government badges.

Regards,

Nicolas