Fire Badge Tottori Prefecture Meritorious Deed (Service) Award JAPAN BOX

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 one is an award issued for Meritorious Deed (Service) Award by the Fire Department in Tottori. [Tottori is Japan’s least populous prefecture].
Box: Black resin, original adhered sticker reads: Meritorious Deed (Service) Award (
功労章
). Blue sponge inside.
Date: probably 1980s
Condition: minor tarnishing, imperfections in enamel (from production process). Minor loss of gold plating.
Scratches and abrasions on the box.
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