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[pdawg1911]

I wondered if I might have some luck and someone could also identify any of these.

Thanks
Pat

[GHP]

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[GHP]

Top row l-r #1 & 2 are middle school pins.

中学

中 is an abbreviation for 中学

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bottom row, left: Looks like a mountaineering or skiing pin. Let me search. Okay, found it: Sangaku National Park. No, I cannot tell the age of the pin.
bottom row, right: 体 [tai/body] is a contraction for 体育 [kyo-iku], physical education/gymnastics. Note the diver. I can't make out the circles ... looks like GC to me.

bottom row middle pin.

統

MIGHT allude to statistics.

As a kanji-compound:
1. 統計学 (hiragana とうけいがく, romaji tōkeigaku)
the field of study of statistics

2. 統一 (hiragana とういつ, romaji tōitsu) unification, consolidation

3. 統括 (hiragana とうかつ, romaji tōkatsu)

a. noun: unification
b. verb: unify

4. 統合 integrate; consolidate

So, it's just a matter of knowing to which organization/school the badge was associated.

Don't know about the other.

--Guy

[pdawg1911]

Thanks. These were suppose to have been collected during the end of WWII. No idea if that is accurate, but I guess someone could have been over their picking up miscellaneous items.

Regards,
Pat