Help identifying Nikko cased instrument
Article about: Trying to figure out exactly what this piece is but cant find a match. It is in a custom case to fit it and marked nikko. The number 896 on the instrument matches the box. I also dont read j
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The photos are the poorest I've seen in a long time, but I can barely read the item is an optical percussion primer chamber inspection (mirror) device, dated October 1944 for heavy artillery shells.
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Nick—that is oncredibly helpful. I spent over half a day yesterday trying to find some idea of what this used for. I could try and take another picture of the writing part if you think thatll help. I will now try to see if i can find a picture of the item in service. Any idea if it would have been used in navy or air operations?
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A properly focused photo of the name plate should tell army or navy, but I doubt you'll find any visuals depicting it in use, as I already tried in Japanese.
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Here is nameplate. I didn’t realize it would tell branch of service, date, etc. i cant thank you enough for feedback as i cant relay the help youve been in identifying this.
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Just guessing here, but I think the cherry blossom would indicate Army, whereas an anchor would be Navy.
--Guy
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Jareth
my vote is navy
+1 - Guy the inspection symbol of the "I" in a circle is classic IJN. So I'm going that way too. IJN uses a sakura on some tags, lots of dirks fittings and even aircraft parts!
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So assuming it is naval related then. Any idea on how this would work to examine an artillery chamber? I cant come across any literature on how those were inspected as that is what this is according to nick. Btw, this forum is incredibly helpful-lots of great articles on top threads i’ve been reading through to get better educated so appreciate all the feedback.
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I can only guess cannon breach was opened & mirror allowed you to check bore etc
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