Militaria: Era or Period of Conflict

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Japanese Equipment Plaque. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 4" in width by 3-1/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Brass with black painted lettering. ATTACHMENT: Four screw or nail holes. MARKINGS: None. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: Early WWII Imperial Japanese Army Officer private purchase backpack. The canvas pack features a rope drawstring top and flap closure with leather detailed edges. Three pockets along the front also feature similar fold over closures with leather...

ARTIFACT: Great size WWII Imperial Japan Navy Battle Flag in excellent condition. The flag features leather tabbed corners with grommets and cotton string ties for hanging. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Approximately 53-1/2" x 37"; Rope ties: 10"...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare WWII Imperial Japanese Civil Defense First Aid Staff house placard for a member of the Nigawa Branch in the Hyogo Prefecture. The placard shows a wood burned emblem with painted kanji below. The reverse shows an old label affixed...

ARTIFACT: Scarce WWII Japanese Imperial Army "Rising Sun" flag in nice condition. There is a remnant of string in one of the corners, most likely used by the original owner for display. The flag is light-weight linen with two hemmed edges and shows light...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful, salty, WWII Japanese soldier personal "rifle" flag with a great 'been there' look. The silk flag is named to the original owner: Kota Kanemura. The top two kanji translate to "KANE MURA" and the bottom two, "KO TA". VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Rare WWII Imperial Japanese Veteran Group 13, O Oka Branch, Yokohama City Flag. The beautiful red and white flag depicts the Rising Sun in the center, a navy blue anchor and chain with crossed artillery behind, and a five point star in a top...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1920's - WWII Japanese Army Officer sword with Family Crest (mon) in silver. The grip is ornately embellished brass with a painted wooden handle wrapped in brass wire with a silver flower family crest embellishment and the underside shows...

ARTIFACT: Superb 1930's early WWII Japanese Pilot Suicide knife with maker-signed blade. The knife features a light wood handle and sheath and the steel blade shows Japanese kanji that read: "Sen", "no", "Sen", "In" = Senno - SenIn and "Mura", "Masa" =...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful, February 1944, dated Kamikaze Pilot Knife, "Special Attack Force". Kamikaze pilots and Special Attack Forces were suicide missions, a human-piloted missile or aircraft was more likely to hit the intended target and cause significant...

ARTIFACT: Nice WWII Japanese Naval Officer dagger. This great example features intricate sakura flower details on the pommel (kashira), guard/hilt (fuchi / tsuba / tsuka / habaki), and scabbard (saya). The handle is a made of genuine ray skin and is...

ARTIFACT: WWII Japanese Fireman belt buckle in gold anodized aluminum. Homefront heroes during USAAF bombings, during the firebombing of Kobe in February 1945, an average of 40% of the built-up area of 64 of the largest cities were destroyed. The buckle...