IJA tunic, cap and flag for review

[james530]

IJA tunic, cap and flag for review Looking for opinions on these items please thank you in advance

[james530]

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[GHP]

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禱 武運長久
Tō Bu'un Chōkyū

Prayers for Everlasting Fortune in Battle
禱 is the pre-1946 version of 祷 and means "pray". Usually prayer/wishes is written as 祈. This is the first time I've seen 禱 used.


Signed by:

宝田町長
Takarada−chō Chō
Takarada−chō Mayor
... but I cannot read his name!

It might have been given to:

鈴木留司
Suzuki Tomeji
since his name is so prominent in the lower right corner. Usually there is a kanji after the name, 君 kun, which is a familiar form of "Mr." This name lacks 君, so it might just be a friend signing the flag.


Center right:
英米に量をたのむに
〇〇かん
大和男兜の意気と力で
I ask you that the amount of English and Americans
**~kan [??dunno!]
By the Japanese Man’s Soul, Dispositon, and Strength


中島三郎
Nakajima Saburo


6:00 o'clock:
米英撃滅
多胡幸太郎
ワシントン分列式
Destroy America and England!
Tago Kotarō [writer's name]
Washington Military Review


But,
ワシントン分列式
Washington Military Review might have been written as sarcasm or a challenge by the following signer:
杉山芳太郎
Sugiyama Yosh!taro


8:00 o'clock;
盡忠報国
Jinchū Hōkoku
Serve the Nation with Utmost Loyalty


lower left quadrant:
祝壮途
Shuku Sōto
Congratulations on Your Undertaking
With two signatures underneath


9:00 o'clock:
万人力
Mannin Riki
The Strength of ten-thousand


10:00 o'clock:
不惜身命
我も續かん
Fushaku Shinmei
Waga mo Tsudzukan
Dont spare your life for a good cause!
I also continue!


11:00 o'clock:
勇奮報国唯至誠
Rousing Bravery in Service to the Country With Sincere Devotion



--Guy

[james530]

Thanks

Thanks for the translation Guy very much appreciated

[Will G.]

Tunic translation reads ( first ink block on right ) from right to left, size large, date of manufacture 1944, Tokyo depot.The oval circle above this block reads type3.

[GHP]

Thanks for the translation Guy very much appreciated

Glad to help when I can.

3rd line on the coat stamp is:
宮崎治助
Miyazaki Harusuke

I think the first two lines are an address, but can’t see them clearly enough to attempt.

— Guy


Okay ... I'm on a real computer now. Here's the address:


入間郡霞ヶ関
村 笠幡
Iruma-gun Kasumigaseki
mura Kasahata


The full address today is:
埼玉県入間郡霞ヶ関村大字笠幡
Saitama ken Iruma-gun Kasumigaseki-mura ōaza Kasahata
Saitama Prefecture, Iruma County, Kasumi-ga-seki Town, Kasahata Section


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