Japanese wound badge

**jeeplover** · 10-26-2021, 02:52 AM

are these 2 different classes? one looks like it was gold.

**ghp95134** · 10-26-2021, 03:32 AM

The gold might have worn off. The reverse states 戦傷 "WIA"

戦傷
Senshō
Wounded in Action [lit. battle injury]

公傷
Kōshō
Occupational Injury [lit. public injury]

-- Guy

**jeeplover** · 10-26-2021, 03:47 AM

i will take a good side by side not sure why i did not. thank you for the help

**jeeplover** · 10-26-2021, 05:10 AM

ok a side by side and a better pic of the gold one.

**ghp95134** · 10-26-2021, 07:10 AM

And on the reverse? Both have
戦傷
Senshō
Wounded in Action [lit. battle injury]

??

If so, the gold wash faded.

Confusing, because the WIA has a gold-colored center and arrowheads, whereas the Illness/sickness badge is silver-colored in those areas.

Rich Catalano states he's seen the WIA badge in silver:

by Rich

he Type II badges came in one class with two versions: senshou (wounded in battle) and
koushou (wounded in the public service, but most often given when a soldier contracted a
disease like malaria). The version is shown by the center kanji on the reverse. In addition,
the senshou badge is gold gilt while the koushou is silver. However, I have seen some
senshou badges in silver

-- Guy

**jeeplover** · 10-26-2021, 01:48 PM

i have some more of these i would need to dig out.

**jeeplover** · 10-26-2021, 10:28 PM

ok, I did not realize I had so many of these.

**jeeplover** · 10-26-2021, 10:38 PM

more

**jeeplover** · 10-27-2021, 03:45 AM

what doe this say? i know the print is the mint.

**ghp95134** · 10-27-2021, 06:39 AM

by jeeplover

what does this say? i know the print is the mint.

As usual, there is a kanji that I cannot clearly make out! As far as I can tell:

pencil:
陸軍兵長入＊伊太郎
Rikugun Heichō Iri* Itarō
Army Lance Corporal Iri~ Itaro
Surname is something like 入屋 [Iriya] ... but that's not 屋

Box top:
昭和十六年五月三日
Showa 16 [1941] May 3

下村 Shimomura [probably the town of Shimomura]

水谷秀隆︀
Mizutani Hidetaka

-- Guy