need help w/ this sailor hat ????

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I'm not a japanese collector but this stopped me dead in my tracks at a flea market this morning
I really have no idea what i have but the price was right

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Nice w/ the original tin …marked very well
any translation and opinions will help

[GHP]

Tally:
呉海兵隊
Kure Kaiheitai


Name on tag:
藤井音松
Fujii Otomatsu


Issue date:
大正十一年七月
Taisho 11th Year, 7th Month
July 1921


Top of tin lid:
藤井用
Fujii-yō
For Fujii [lit: Fuji's Use]


Inside tin within blossom petals, counter-clockwise:
藤井 ***
Too faded to read those last three kanji.


--Guy

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Many years ago, I bought an officer visor at an online auction and the seller suprised me saying the metal hat box, same as yours, also came with it and asked if I wanted it. I just had to pay an extra shipping for it lol.

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