| BADGES AND MEDALS |
| Although not common, one can find various badges and medals on sake cups. Sometimes the cups were given along with the medals; sometimes they were given in place of them. Many of these cups used badges as purely decorative (thematic), as I suspect was done in the Grand Cordon cup pictured below. |
| ARMY BADGE: The Marksmanship Competition Badge, model 1887 (awarded up to 1938). In 1939 a new design was used. |
| NAVAL BADGE: The Torpedo Firing Proficiency Badge, 2nd Class |
| 4th Class Rising Sun medal. Extremely rare to see this on a cup. |
| The Order of the Golden Kite, awarded for distinguished military service. |
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| Lacquered wood Marksmanship badge cup. Inscribed 'Infantry 7th Regiment, Discharge Commemorative, Higashi'. |
| Sacred Treasure medal sake cup, either 7th or 8th class badge shown. Inscribed 'Infantry 2nd Regiment, Nishio'. |
| Transport cup with the rare Wagon Driver Proficiency badge. Inscribed '4th Heavy Transport, Discharge Commemorative'. |
| Superb cup with the Grand Cordon badge in the center. Nicely made. No inscription. |
| Cavalry cup with what appears to be the Army Proficiency Horseback Riding badge. Inscribed 'Cavalry 9th Regiment, Discharge Commemorative'. |
| Rare cup with a medal. It appears to be the 8th Class White Paulonia Leaves medal. Inscribed '5th Division, Infantry, 11th Regiment, Victorious Return Commemorative.' |
Hand-painted marksmanship badge.
Inscribed 'Infantry 25th Regiment' and a poem that I cannot read.
Inscribed 'Infantry 25th Regiment' and a poem that I cannot read.
| Lacquered wood cup with the Aikoku Fujin Kai (Patriotic Women's Association) badge in gold gilt. Finely detailed. No inscriptions. |
