WWII Period

ARTIFACT: Japanese silk flag presented to Mr. Tanabe from Lieutenant Mr. OGA wishing him Good Luck during enlistment. The flag is signed by over 100 people and says: "Sincerity". Two corners of the flag are leather tipped with rope for hanging...

ARTIFACT: Japanese Thousand Stitch Belt with coin. The belt (could also be worn as a headband) is embroidered with red thread and painted with blue dots, and kanji. The coin sewn to the center reads: "Good Luck" VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: Interesting lot of WWII Japanese artifacts that were originally the contents of the pouch of a Thousand Stitch Belt. The four individual pouches are filled with bug repellant powder, the light green (open) pouch is a condom wrapper, a wooden...

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" =...