Japan, Empire. A Field Officer’s Badge Province of China the DM privately engraved

the DM privately engraved

as he was not making sufficient progress with his health

He was found to have been illegally absent from camp and deserting H

the reverse in red bearing the inscription AL MERITO COLONIALE

There is a strap travelling vertically from the waist and finishing one-third of the way down on each of the front pockets

Japan, Empire. A Field Officer’s Badge Province of China the DM privately engravedIn aluminum, gilt and brass, an oval decoration with five point star superimposed on the obverse, encircled by a gilt wreath, the reverse features a vertical pin with slot lock including pin, measures 36 mm (w) x 45. 5 mm (h), light wear, very fine. Footnote: Awarded to those ranked Major to Brigadier.