This is a complete personal document set belonging to a former Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant, dating from the early Showa period (1930s). All documents are original, authentic, and named, forming a rare first-hand historical archive of a single officer’s life and career. What is included. Full name (real individual). Enlistment as a volunteer soldier. Commission as an officer. Final rank: Lieutenant (Imperial Japanese Army). This is an official document that clearly shows how one individual became a commissioned officer. Military Service Record. The service record details. Promotion through enlisted ranks. Commission as Second Lieutenant. Assignments and service periods. It allows the viewer to trace a complete military career from enlisted man to officer. Driver’s License with Photograph. Included is an early Showa-period Japanese driver’s license featuring. Unlike medals or battlefield relics, this set preserves the personal administrative history of an individual officer, a category of material rarely surviving intact. Such personal archives were often lost due to wartime destruction, making this an exceptionally rare survivor. Ideal for collectors, historians, or museum reference collections. Shows age-related wear, stains, and creases. All items are original and unaltered. International Buyers – Please Note. Thank you for your understanding.
This is a rare original group of personal documents and daily-use items that once belonged to a single Imperial Japanese Navy sailor, dating approximately from the mid-1930s to the early 1940s. Rather than a display or ceremonial set, this collection represents the quiet, everyday reality of a serviceman whose role was to learn, record, communicate, and follow orders within the naval system. Included are multiple official booklets such as a Navy service handbook, field manuals, and training guides related to basic communication methods (including signal instruction), along with handwritten notes and records. These materials suggest a sailor who was required to read, understand, and transmit information-an essential but often unseen role. The group also contains personal textile items such as a cloth headband, a drawstring storage bag, and other small effects that would have accompanied him through daily duty rather than formal occasions. Their worn condition reflects actual use rather than preservation. Taken together, these items do not depict a hero or officer, but an ordinary individual who lived within the structure of the Imperial Navy during a period of increasing tension and expansion. His name does not appear in history books-but collections like this are what allow us to reconstruct the lives of those who supported the system from within. All items are original period pieces. Condition shows age-related wear, fading, stains, and paper fragility, consistent with materials from this era. Please review photos carefully. This collection is offered as a historical reference and personal archival group. Approximate 7-21days(To USA).
3RD ARMY ENGINEERS SINGLE FACE PERSONAL FLAG. Army was established in Chaumont, France, on November 7, 1918, five days before the end of World War I. It was composed of three corps (III, IV, and VII) and was tasked with moving to central Germany to disarm and disband German forces, as part of the Army of Occupation. Its headquarters was later established in Koblenz, Germany and the unit was deactivated on July 2, 1919, following Germany’s signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The last American troops left Koblenz in January 1923. DIMENSIONS: 15 5/8″ x 18 3/8″. LACKING THE BULLION PIPING THAT THE HEAVY PAPER BOARD CENTER LETTER ” A ” WAS ONCE WAS WRAPED IN. THERE IS OPEN STITCHING ON THE ENTIRE RIGHT EDGE AND 5 ON THE TOP RIGHT EDGE THAT HOLDS THE FLAG’S BACK TO THE FLAG’S FACE, THAT COULD EASILY BE STITCHED CLOSED. THIS IS NOT A COPY OR REPRODUCTION.
From an estate, these were locked away in a cedar chest for many decades. One photo is marked 1923, so the time frame is 1922-23. Also included are another 25 snapshots taken on land of places and people which I presume were encounters along the way. I’m also including the stack of negatives that was stored with these photos, as they appear to match. Most of these photos are snapshot size at about 3 1/2″ by 2 1/2″.
A great group of personal letters. In one the sailor asked for the girl for the letter to be destroyed. The card with the photo is a 1934 Christmas card from the USS San Francisco. I focus on happy repeat customers and try to ensure all are happy. We mark down prices after most items are active for 30 days so encourage you to come back. If the item is not old I say so and also state defects. You can always learn more in this business. If I make a mistake, and we all will from time to time, I will take total responsibility. We follow the law and do things right! This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “wills1n4″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Ships: Memphis, Langley, San Francisco
- Modified Item: No
- Theme: Militaria
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Time Period Manufactured: 1919-38
Ok so this is a complete lot of items from an officers personal items that range from 1926 up to 1960s. The United States Army Officer this all belonged to was named Harry Parker from Stratford Conn. The prized piece of this collection is his personal photo album of his August 1st-15th 1926 training and testing of military equipment at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland. Each photo has details written of what they were doing and usually a few people identified. After WW1 the U. Had to up there Military equipment game and these tests were to try out and test the equipment being developed, and those tests also were used for procurement contracts for the Military. Capt Parker worked all his life in the Ordinance Dept of the U. Army and in 1940 was appointed. Of The Ordinance Department U. Army by the War Office as shown by the official paperwork with War Office embossed seal in this collection. The photo album has 34 photos from Aberdeen that measure 2 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches and show the grounds, barracks inside and out, his group of 5 officers labeled as the 5 Hirams with all identified, 16″ seacoast gun, the shell and damage to a 16″ thick special alloy steel, testing tractors pulling 75,000 pounds (155 mm gun) on sand, a group shot of men with Major Brookes Chief of Arsenal Ordinance U. 2 more photos of 16 naval gun, 6 ton tank testing side slippage on hill test, 5 officers on top of 6 ton tank with beat up track, small convoy of tractors testing pulling, 6 ton tank showing critical point of angle on a bank when making gun emplacement, small mobile artillery tractor, at the peak of the drag showing a large. Pulling in reverse a truck with 155mm gun and one more vehicle making an 75to 80,000 pound pull, another 6 ton tank photo, another tractor test with a Bomb Sled tractor pulling a 155mm gun up a bank, a photo of the first German tank made that had been captured in WW1, photo of camp of officers assembled in the field by what looks like rail mounted gun, trench mortar test, 2 photos showing anti aircraft gun fixed position, 1 photo showing firing anti-aircraft gun and note that reads 7 shots in 21 seconds 19,000 yards and then a blurred picture that reads just as it went off (showing effects of the blast force and holding camera still), then a photo of an amazing military bi-plane and 3. Views from his ride in it, photo of 2 officers with rifle and. Grenade launching adapter, a photo of a bunch of men and officers watching as a half track jeep style buggy is stuck in a shell hole and trying to get out, photo of a 8 rail gun in action just as it fired with a range of 30,000 yds at 150 elevation 250lb slug and 50lb tnt, photo going into a DugOut, and then 14 more are from West Point in 1927, and 1 with many officers in front of a building with massive columns, and finally 4 more photos of him in uniform with his daughters and mother and just him all taken beside his automobile those same years. Along with the album are his original Dog Tags, framed original 1940 War Dept appointment to Captain of. Army, Large hand colored 1920s military photograph (15 1/4″x 12 1/2″), 1928 original 8×10 sepia photo in orig envelope of 9 Ordinance officers and another man in suit H. Parker is in center back row, letter from President Nixon honoring memory of Harry Parker when he died, an envelope dated 1930 with stamp that L. Holland photographer and pen that reads Frankford Arsenal May 1930 that has 3 photos 6 3/4″ by 5″ with 2 photos showing the main buildings and one with many officers on the steps which has a paper that identifies most of the men including himself, 2 8×10 photos from 1936 of him golfing and relaxing in PA. The 2 1962 award press photos 8×10 inches, an old 8×10 silver gelatin photo on heavy stock of Mr. Parker at a fancy dinner with many other suits, 1946 proof photo of him in uniform with envelope (5×7), 2 more thick stock paper photos (8×10) of him with another officer and then blown up to show just him. If I come across any more of his items I will update the listing with them. Even after his retirement from service he served as a contract administrator in the. Activity as known by the two 8×10 photos from and award he got when retiring completely in 1962. Fantastic collection with some rare and amazing proving ground photos!!! This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW I (1914-18)\Original Period Items\United States\Photographs”. The seller is “from*here*to*eternity” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.
- Region of Origin: United States
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
Vintage Japanese Military South Pacific NCO personal Razor, Chop sticks, and Japanese 23 assorted coins in drew string bag. Razor Blade length: 6. Blade cutting width: 5/8. Blade cutting edge is very sharp. Blade shows age with Hall marks: double side, Country, stick handle. Blade and shank are forged steel with maker mark end of tang, as photographed. Wooden Handle length: 4 1/8″ X 7/8″ wide. Chop sticks are nice. 23 assorted coins are in nice condition. Please Review “Condition Description” and all actual items Photographs…. This item will be mailed the next morning A. Thanks for looking at photos and description carefully before U. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “abat21″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
- Theme: Militaria
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Time Period Manufactured: 1919-38
Vintage Japanese Military South Pacific NCO personal Razor, Chop sticks, and Japanese 23 assorted coins in drew string bag. Razor Blade length: 6. Blade cutting width: 5/8. Blade cutting edge is very sharp. Blade shows age with Hall marks: double side, Country, stick handle. Blade and shank are forged steel with maker mark end of tang, as photographed. Wooden Handle length: 4 1/8″ X 7/8″ wide. Chop sticks are nice. 23 assorted coins are in nice condition. Please Review “Condition Description” and all actual items Photographs…. This item will be mailed the next morning A. Thanks for looking at photos and description carefully before U. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “abat21″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
- Theme: Militaria
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Time Period Manufactured: 1919-38
