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 Post subject: Japanese Pin and Badge
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:04 pm 
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Acording to "Uniforms and Equipment of the Imperial Japanese Army in Worl War II"...whew, the patch was sewn onto the right breast tunic pocket between 1938 and 1941-ish and this color denotes either Engineers, Vetinary Department, or Transportation...they all three look to be about the same shade to me.
The Pin was described as a retirement organization pin(VFW-ish), but is shown in said book on page 29, second from bottom left as an official Japanese medal.
I really like that book. LOTs of cool full and half page pics.
Sometimes it's big stuff, sometimes it's small. I like it all.
http://yesterdaysweapons.com/phpBB2/alb ... pic_id=118
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:09 am 
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Oh heavans no! This is MY plunder...argh! Avast ye matties, ect, ect. 8-)
It just happens to be so well spelled out and documented in the book that I passed that along as an aside.
This is my stuff.
Thanks for asking tho.
jon

Edit: I'll take a pic with them on the cover of Sunday's L.A. Times for ransome :lol :lol :-o
Proof of Life? :lol


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thats neat stuff , thanks for sharing it , not only was it spelled out well in the book , but your examples are super nice shape , congrats


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:36 am 
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Ya know, the POL joke was a bit too much. It all was in honest jesting, I assure you.
No imitation examples were harmed in the course of this exchange.......
I do really like this stuff though. It's a sickness I'm sure.
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