Original Japanese WWII Philippine Invasion Inert Ordnance Set - 1942 dated Mortar Round and 37mm Shell Antique Gun Parts - Original Officer Peaked Visor

- Original Officer Peaked Visor "crush" cap with initials on sweatband

There is also information on this smith in Markus Sesko's Index of Japanese Swordsmiths N- Z

This set is contained in a wood chest measuring 27" x 14" x 6" that opens like a book to display 32 individual slots each containing either one or two model vessels

steering system

(1322 grams) the SARD Mark XLIV weighs about 2 percent less than the B&L Mark 28 that weighs 2

Original Japanese WWII Philippine Invasion Inert Ordnance Set - 1942 dated Mortar Round and 37mm Shell Antique Gun Parts - Original Officer Peaked VisorOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. This is a very nice Ordnance set from WWII, brought back by a U. S. GI from the Philippine islands after they were retaken. These items represent two of the sides in the invasion: the Japanese Empire, and the Commonwealth of the Philippines, which governed the Islands from 1935 to 1946. Both these items are inert and can never be used as a weapon or for its original intended purpose, therefore complies with BATF