Fire Badge Fukagawa Hokkaido Superior Award JAPAN BOX Fire Brigade

Description

Japanese badges of various fire brigades are some of the most colorful and interesting areas of collecting. There were issued before the war, but since police, fire departments and civil defense were under police authority, merit badges were not as varied as in post war period.
This is a rare Superior (merit) award from Fire department in Fukagawa City, Hokkaido.
Date: probably 1990s
Box: Original box: black resin, sticker inscribed: Superior Award (Yūryūshō
優良
章
). Blue sponge inside.
Condition: minor tarnishing, abrasions, minor loss of gilding.
For a similar example see Paul L. Murphy & Steven L. Ackley: In the Name of a Living God: The non-government badges and medals of Imperial Japan, including Police, Fire Brigade, Fred Cross, Veteran and Patriotic Groups, Portland: Ackley Unlimited, 2005., p. 118, fig. 12.64.
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