Rare Japanese Imperial Navy Bombardment Badge! - UPDATED

[Lookn4Seated]

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[turtlefoot13]

Got my banner vote.

Congrats!
Doug

 

[MaineRelic]

Very unique ! We will probably never see another one posted here on T-NET !! I too am voting Banner !!

 

[Discrimination Dave]

Awesome.
It's beautiful.

Banner.

 

[Ed-NH]

That is a very awesome find congrats.

 

[DCMatt]

Outstanding!

DCMatt

 

[jeffk]

sweet find
BANNER!!
jeffk

 

[jeff of pa]

Nice Find !
I see the Date of when you Decided to take the Pics,
But when did you find It ?

 

[Lookn4Seated]

Nice Find !
I see the Date of when you Decided to take the Pics,
But when did you find It ?

I found it last week wednesday. One week ago today. I found it about ten feet away from an old foundation with two wells near the Chicago Rvr.

I will post pics of the foundation and wells the next time I head up there, hopefully next week, and the spot where I pulled the badge from.

 

[Lookn4Seated]

Re: Rare Japanese Imperial Navy Bombardment Badge!

awesome find! You should check to see if the navy anchor on the medal is gold!

It is a very nice gilt finish.

 

[hogge]

Fantastic find! Congratulations on a well deserved BANNER!!! Hogge

 

[seger98]

Congratulations on it making it to the banner! Well deserved.

 

[Lookn4Seated]

Holy Moly Guys! I can't believe I made banner. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! I still am so freakin excited. I can't believe I thought this was a piece of junk/costume jewelry at first. But then again it seemed too heavy and old. What a GREAT piece of history to be recovered in our area.

It's still a little dirty, but I don't want to clean it any more. I can see the brown enamel coming through the dirt, but I think I'm goin to leave it be for now. WoooHooooooo!

 

[Hardy]

Thats a great keeper

 

[1491]

Whooooeeeee! Digging stuff few of us have ever seen.....that's what it's about! Glad you made the BANNER!

 

[Curious The George]

The flower is a lotus flower. Symbol of the Emperor of Japan's family, the family crest so to speak.

Fantastic find - congrats!

 

[hogge]

Holy Moly Guys! I can't believe I made banner. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! I still am so freakin excited. I can't believe I thought this was a piece of junk/costume jewelry at first. But then again it seemed too heavy and old. What a GREAT piece of history to be recovered in our area.

It's still a little dirty, but I don't want to clean it any more. I can see the brown enamel coming through the dirt, but I think I'm goin to leave it be for now. WoooHooooooo!

I think that a 50-50 lemon juice and water would clean that up nice. It's what I use on dug buttons. Works great and doesn't harm the relic. Use a Q-Tip and don't scrub. I think you will be amazed at the results! Good Luck. Hogge

 

[Shortstack]

Congrats on the banner.

You are going to get a lot of advice on this pin, so here are MINE.

(1) Don't clean it anymore. It looks great in your photos.
(2) It deserves a picture frame display with a short explanation on what it is written on a card, included in the frame.
(3) Keep and display it; don't sell it. You couldn't get enough money to replace the excitement you've gotten so far nor to replace the "uniqueness" of the pin.

Now for some "what ifs":

--what if it was a war souvenir brought home from the South Pacific?
--what if it was handed down to a son or daughter?
--what if it was lost by a child who was "playing" with it in that backyard?

The question of how it could get to Illinois is probably tied to the fact that one of the Navy's largest training bases was located in / near Chicago for YEARS. So there are / were a lot of Navy folks living in the area who were on active duty as well as retired.

 

[outlaw007]

CONGRATS ON AN AWESOME FIND AND MAKING THE BANNER.

 

[Moonshadow]

Super sweet find and big congrats on your banner!! Wow!

HH,
Moon

 

[rjw4law]

The first time I have seen one of those, nice.