Article about: Good afternoon/morning all, This just arrived from Taiwan... Possibly one of the least inspiring pieces of military kit (along with gas masks ), but I won this Type-5 Gaito (?) for absolute
Good afternoon/morning all,
This just arrived from Taiwan... Possibly one of the least inspiring pieces of military kit (along with gas masks, of course ), but I won this Type-5 Gaito (?) for absolute peanuts; just £25, plus the same again for shipping!
It’s not the shiniest example, but the real clincher for me was the date of production - Showa 9 (1934). The fabric is of superbly high quality, being almost ‘moleskin’ in feel and appearance, but also far too lightweight to offer much in the way of cold weather protection. The trace of machine-stitched rank insignia can be clearly seen at the shoulder seams, though sadly long gone.
As can be seen, the ‘B’ stamp is very well filled (plus some barely visible squiggling above it), albeit far beyond my efforts to translate. I would be very grateful, as ever, for any and all information that can be gleaned from it...
With my sincerest thanks and very best wishes to you all (and apologies to the gas mask collectors),
Bob
My assumption is that the unit details are in column two, with the 3rd and 4th columns listing successive recipients of the coat. That said, no unit numbers appear discernible to me.
As far as I can tell, they are all names, and a 1934 garment could easily have stayed in stock for years, so the absence of company info is no cause for alarm.
Type-5 Greatcoat markings - translation requested
), but I won this Type-5 Gaito (?) for absolute peanuts; just £25, plus the same again for shipping!
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