Japanese officer cap to identify

[Remka]

Hello everyone,

Does anyone know what type of cap it is? If yes could you help me identify him and give me informations please?

Thanks for your help.

[lorre]

Imo Military police periode 1911 privately made cap

[Remka]

Hello,

Thanks for your help. I not find a similar one on google. Do you have any idea of its value?

The grade is that of captain?

Regards.

[lorre]

captain is correct.
for the value i can't help but personally i wouldn't spend big money.
Regards

[Remka]

While doing some research, it seems that the cap does not quite correspond with the military police / Gendarmerie, but I did not find any illustration of the uniform in 1911.
Can be the cavalry of the Imperial Guard? But the shape looks different.

Also, if it is a cap dress, there is no hole in the front piece to put a feather plume.

What do you think ?

Best regards.

[GHP]

When I first saw the cap I thought it police because of the type of sunburst. However, something was familiar, so I checked Nick Komiya's posts.

The sunburst badge is from the 1909 regulations, so it *is* army.

The hat is probably Imperial Guards due to the red band. I cannot read the cyrillic within the painting attached below, but it came from this link, titled "Soldiers of the Russian and Japanese armies in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904–05 (Andrey Karashchuk)." On the blog they call it "Japanese Army in the Russo-Japanese War - Military uniforms of the initial period of the war."


--Guy