IJA Full Dress Set

[Mooyman]

Hi,

Please, I would like to know what is the rank of this Japanese officer?

Thanks in advance!

Ricardo.

[Mooyman]

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[Mooyman]

BTW, for the display purpose in the museum, these medals is fine to place with the uniform?

[Daniel Griffin]

The rank is Lieutenant.

[Mooyman]

Hi Dan,

Thank you!!

BR, Ricardo.

[GHP]

To embellish a bit on Dan's post, it is the rank of a first lieutenant 中尉 Chuu-i.

I was going to (incorrectly) guess "captain". When I was in the US Army we still used "french braid" (aka "galoons") to denote officer rank on the mess dress uniform. A second lieutenant had only the fancy cuff without french braid; 1LT had a single braid; CPT had two braids; MAJ had three braids, etc.

To me, it appears the Japanese system is/was easier to decypher the person's rank.

--Guy

[Mooyman]

Hi Guy,

Thank you! For me now is easy to decypher the ranks too.

Ricardo.

[Walter Schmidt]

Plus, waffenfarbe red indicates infantry.
Here's one I saw at Yasukuni yesterday that's engineers.

[Daniel Griffin]

That looks like a nice set but 160000 Yen = 1700 US

[Walter Schmidt]

How much are they worth in the US?

[Mooyman]

To embellish a bit on Dan's post, it is the rank of a first lieutenant 中尉 Chuu-i.

I was going to (incorrectly) guess "captain". When I was in the US Army we still used "french braid" (aka "galoons") to denote officer rank on the mess dress uniform. A second lieutenant had only the fancy cuff without french braid; 1LT had a single braid; CPT had two braids; MAJ had three braids, etc.

To me, it appears the Japanese system is/was easier to decypher the person's rank.

--Guy

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[Mooyman]

Please, what is written on the label?