Marking Inside of Belt

[Dave C.]

Would someone be able to please translate this? Thanks!

[GHP]

The balance of some of the kanji look suspicious to me. The writing says:

海軍大尉
Kaigun Taii
Navy Lieutenant

前田
Maeda
[family name]

[J7W22007]

Hi Guy-san,

Sumimasen, 大尉 is pronounce as Dai-i in the IJN.

Tai-i is for IJA.

Regards,
Taka

[GHP]

Hi Guy-san,

Sumimasen, 大尉 is pronounce as Dai-i in the IJN.

Tai-i is for IJA.

Regards,
Taka

Sorry Taka-san, I know you've told that to me before ... but I just cannot get my brain to accept it


--Guy

[Silesien]

Does the writing differentiate as to whether the rank is 1st Lt or 2d Lt ??

[GHP]

Does the writing differentiate as to whether the rank is 1st Lt or 2d Lt ??

Dai-i [Tai-i] is the equivalent of an Army captain. If you say "Navy Captain" ... that would be the equivalent of Army/Marine/AF Colonel.

Japanese grades/ranks for Navy/Army
少尉 Sho-i: Ensign/2nd LT
中尉 Chu-i: Lieutenant (Junior Grade)/1LT
大尉 Tai-i/Dai-i: Lieutenant/Captain

少佐 Shou-sa: Lt. Commander/Major
中佐 Chu-sa: Commander/Lt. Colonel
大佐 Tai-sa [Dai-sa]: Captain/Colonel


Taka-san: Is "IJN Captain" [dai-i] and "IJN Colonel" [dai-sa] used amongst international collectors and historians; or, do they translate the IJN grades into the USN grades that I used?

--Guy

[Silesien]

Thanks very much for the superb information.

[Dave C.]

Thank you very much for the excellent information!

[GHP]

I'm always happy to help when I can.

--Guy

[Jareth]

What kind of belt is it? Combat or dress with buckle?

[Silesien]

It's a brown leather sword belt with a tarnished brass claw-type buckle, not a belt with a round dress buckle. It has the strap with the hook at the top & the snap-hook at the bottom of the strap. It highly resembles the belt in the picture ( 763 ) on page 185 of the book "Imperial Japanese Army-Navy Unif/Equipment ", except it has the extra strap as mentioned.

[gunto]

Is it the japanese type of Sam Brown belt?

[Silesien]

Yes; but there is no cross-strap.