Historic WW2 PANGASINAN Philippines JAPANESE ARMY OCCUPATION CIVILIAN ID BADGE

WE HAVE RECENTLY COME INTO POSSESION OF THIS HISTORIC WW2 JAPANESE ARMY OCCUPATION CIVILIAN ID BADGE. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THIS ID IS FROM THE PANGASINAN PROVINCE IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE ID DIMENSION ARE APPROXIMATELY 2 3/8" X 3 3/8".   FOR COMPARISON GO TO A POPULAR AUCTION SITE AND SEARCH FOR CIVILIAN ID IN THE CLOSED AUCTION SECTION. THIS PARTICULAR ID BADGE APPEARS TO HAVE BELONGED TO A 6 Y.0. CHILD

Thomas P.'s reading 

One of the most interesting wartime souvenirs from the Philippines in my opinion.  Aside from being a civilian ID tag, exact details of their use escape me.  Seems to be some kind of worker badge or something else connected to the Japanese occupation.

They all seem to follow about the same formula in the way of information given:  Name, age, city, and province.  Some have gender written as well.   The majority of examples I have studied come from Pangasinan Province on Luzon.  Materials used seem to run the gamut:  cloth, paper, some with plastic covers, some without, etc. 

CIVILIAN CONTROL during the Philippines Occupation by Japanese forces

.....many of the local populace were 'impressed' into labor service for the Greater Co-Prosperity Sphere scheme.

-of course, underground resistance, i.e., guerilla partisan movements sprang up

forcing the Japanese KEMPEI-TAI police to have identification badges for the local

civilian populace

-often these worker ID or civilian ID badges were issued to Filipino laborers permitting access to Japanese controlled facilities, compounds, bases, building, etc.

-used mainly for civilian control & identification purposes

specs:

-Cloth folded sewn edges into plastic sleeve

-ID no. = 4353

IT IS IN OVERALL GOOD INTACT CONDITION. WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO SHOW ALL OF THE IMPERFECTIONS SO LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PHOTOS.  ITEM SOLD AS IS.   FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

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