A recent vet purchase

[Alex R.]

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Cartridge Belt.

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Tropical Tunic .

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r.Blue,

the flag pole is 65'' tall or 5' 5". I agree it is a neat Item.

Alex R.

[MikeB]

Recent Vet Purchases...

That is a nice senninbari Alex. There are 4 wooden shrine omamori sewn inside along with 2 good luck coins. It also appears that there are black kanji characters inked inside the belt. These usually indicate the name of the patriotic society that gave the belt or contain the name of the person who made/gave it to the soldier. Sometimes the ideograms contain the soldier's info as well (i.e. name, unit, hometown, sometimes even his address.) It is a very nice, clean looking belt. What is the object sewn in between the 2 coins, I can't make it out? Thanks for the post. Mike

[Alex R.]

Mike,

I believe it's another coin. I'm tempted to open more of the belt ,but i'm not.
Thanks for the info.

Alex R.

Sorry mike ,

Forgot to upload pic.

[MikeB]

Recent Vet Purchases...

Thanks for the reply Alex. I would not unwrap it any further either. Mike

[Eric Doody]

Alex,

Thanks for the photos of the bayonets...you have some nice, clean, examples there!

Eric

[Alex R.]

The items in post #60 , 81 , 84 , 90 , 96 will be for sale and listed on E-stand
over the next few days.

Alex R.

[Josh Beckett]

An istant collection.

[Andy Harris]

Absolutely AWESOME find, Alex! There must be a hundred envious forum members!
As far as the angry wife goes, I think most of us married militaria/firearms collectors have been in your predicament!

Andy

PS: My wife doesn't know about the bayonet!