WW2 Japanese Toe Tag?

[NBolinger]

Picked this up and have no clue what it is, I was thinking it may be a toe tag of some type?

[GHP]

I've seen these pop up once in a while here on WAF. From what I recall, it is a civilian name disk. This one is named to Yoshimura.

吉村
Yoshimura

[GHP]

Perhaps:

二 [or 正?]
砲 浦
=======
吉村

2 [or Shou/sei - main?]
Beach Gun [either hou-ura or ura-hou?]
======
Yoshimura

--Guy

[NBolinger]

thanks

Thank you very much for your help.

[Jareth]

Could be navy. Please PM me if it's for sale

[NARVIK1940]

Could be a navy helmet tag.

[GHP]

Could be a navy helmet tag.

I'm new to Japanese uniforms, etc., and am unfamiliar with so many details. Do you have an example of this sort of tag being used on a helmet? (Combat or tropical?)

Thanks,
--Guy

[NARVIK1940]

WW2 Japanese Toe Tag?

I am no expert. I have a shipboard Japanese helmet with a wooden tag with the name and rank of the officer that wore it. This tag of yours could be for something else I suppose.

"Beach gun" seems to be a big clue that this is a military tag, anyway.

[Jareth]

Many tags were field improvised such as you occasionally find attached to items. These are usually wood blocks with inked kanji. " dog tags" for army were brass. Navy sometimes used plastic or metal ovals that were tack stitched around pocket area.

[Nick Komiya]

Don't go by speculation on the characters nearly obliterated at the top. I see nothing about beach guns. The only thing for sure is the name.

[GHP]

Don't go by speculation on the characters nearly obliterated at the top. I see nothing about beach guns. The only thing for sure is the name.

Nick,

GUILTY! I was trying to read the tea leaves .... But your caution is 100% appropriate -- and a reminder that we should not over-translate.

--Guy

[J7W22007]

I think the left character is another character form of rifle (槍、銃) instead with a 石 (stone), so 石仓 (this is my closest answer), an uncommon character nowadays, but common back than maybe.

The second word is 補 (Ho) - Auxiliary, replace, reserve

So 石仓 補 (Sou Ho) - Rifle Rreserve

Regards,
Taka

[Nick Komiya]

Once again, sorry I don't see it. Speculation and guessing is dangerous, as they will circulate as fact where there is no such fact.

[chadaz34]

toe tag

toe tag

[Paul G]

Without being able to read Japanese, It looks a lot like todays modern Triage tags. We use them in the Fire service any time we have 5 or more patients at one incident. We don't put them on their toe, per se. Imagine the look on someones face, if they were not critically injured and you tied a tag to their toe

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