Looking to get some help identifying this hat. I do not collect Japanese headgear but have recently acquired a few pieces and want to know what I have. I've done a little research and see that there is quite a difference in price/scarcity between a regular IJN hat and a SNLF hat. Can anyone tell me what this one is (what the writing etc. is) and an approximate value?? Thanks in advance for any help.
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Flight Mechanic Hat
I have difficulty clearly seeing the writing on the tag and have to get clues from parts of kanji; however, I *THINK* it originally was issued to:
土居 明
Doi Akira
呉志整四三五三
Kure-Volunteer-Flight Mechanic-4353
See Nick Komiya's explanations of IJN personal ID numbers here in the WAF pinned article.
Issued in August 1943 from the Yokosuka Stores.
The name on the outside is to a man named Satoh
サトウ
Satō
in kanji that would be:佐藤
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Collectors really only acknowledge one field cap as true SNLF. That's an early green wool cap with leather chinstrap , cheese cloth liner with sewn in label & a two piece felt yellow anchor on green oval. All other caps should be considered NAVY unless some handwritten owners kanji points to SNLF or NLF usage. SNLF, NLF & navy shared/issued many of the same items.
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