Placement of Rank Insignia Question

[HGCollector]

Was it common for Japanese soldiers to sew their rank insignia on their field caps on either side below the vent holes?

Thanks

[GHP]

No.

[HGCollector]

So....this a no go? Looks like it's on a piece of material from a field cap.

[beretta1934]

Not common - but show the backside if you can to see any thread attachment pattern if its clear

[zachb]

It seems like this is known phenomenon, no? However, when it is seen it is only the one insignia.

[Jareth]

It was done. Problem is now fakers are making "cutoffs" & pocket rank tabs. Without 110% iron clad veteran provenance I'd be extremely skeptical

[HGCollector]

Back

[HGCollector]

Advertised as "Pocket Rank Insignia"

[Jareth]

Not good in my opinion. Doesn't know if it wants to be a cutoff or a pocket rank . If it were the later it would be shaped differently, have a pin or a button hole.

[beretta1934]

not good in my opinion. Doesn't know if it wants to be a cutoff or a pocket rank . If it were the later it would be shaped differently, have a pin or a button hole.

+1

[HGCollector]

How about this one?

[GHP]

How about this one?

1st Lieutenant. Hmmm ... I'm not a collector; this is the first time I've seen one for an officer.


I wore a Japanese pocket rank tab when I worked with the JGSDF during exercises. But did that happen in the IJA?


Note how the modern rank (cherry blossoms) mimics the WWII rank (stars) with three blossoms/stars above/atop a single bar.