IJA Sergeant-Major´s M98 Wool Combat and Service Tunic Set

[GHP]

Gongs! Love em!

Medals:

The Order of the Rising Sun, 7th Class
The China Incident Commemorative Medal
The Red Cross Member Medal

--Guy

[Walter Schmidt]

泉文(?)納=Made by 泉文

Some things to point out:
The name has not been filled out by the owner (this was usually the case) so the tunic is probably unissued and therefore the insignia and/or the medal bar could have been added after the fact.

Another thing is the visor cap is officer's, not EM/NCO, so it might not be from the same person as the tunic/insignia/medal/sword.

The visor cap is a really nice "conservative" Ross type visor cap used more often by older officers, in contrast to the "Czech" or EREL Sattelform type which was popular with younger officers.

[Mooyman]

Thanks for the information!

Regarding the visor cap was not regulate sergeants majors wear officers caps ? In other Western armies was Ok.

The tunic - The seams of rank patches and the loops of ribbon bar me seem old, but is possible.

BTW, the sword, cap, and full size medals are not the same person and were only put together for display.

Regards,

Ricardo.

[Walter Schmidt]

I'm not saying this was never done, I don't know, but for the visor caps the ones with the brown leather underside on the visors and the issue stamps on the white hemp lining is called NCO/EM cap while the order made ones are called officers....

As a put together i think this is pretty good, I'm sure folks used their old medals on newly issued uniforms. The cap is a bit of a question mark though, it's more appropriate with an EM visor cap or combat cap.

[Mooyman]

Thank you againg!!

Regards,

Ricardo.