Japanese Armband Translation needed

[J. M. C.]

I had an armband come in a small group the other day.

Any help with the translation would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Jareth]

Armband translates to Nagasaki. No idea who used it or when

[oldhonda]

Is the paint on the helmet refinish or original?

[J. M. C.]

Hi Jareth,
Thanks for the information. My guess is the armband was something civil.


Hi Oldhonda,
The helmet paint looks good to me. I can get some better shots tomorrow.

[J. M. C.]

As promised, a couple more shots of the helmet. This thing had about a half cup of mouse poop in it when I got it!

[J. M. C.]

A couple more of the armband for good measure.

[J. M. C.]

Please forgive my ignorance, why are the characters reversed on the armband?

[GHP]

Please forgive my ignorance, why are the characters reversed on the armband?

Fair question!

Rule of thumb when horizontally written:
right to left = pre-1945 崎長

left to right = post-1945 長崎

Of course this is only a rule of thumb as there are examples of pre-1945 "backwards" writing.


--Guy

[chen]

Fair question!

Rule of thumb when horizontally written:
right to left = pre-1945 崎長

left to right = post-1945 長崎

Of course this is only a rule of thumb as there are examples of pre-1945 "backwards" writing.


--Guy

[J. M. C.]

Thanks Guy and Chen! As always you guys are a great help.