Veterans Cloth items

[Pryo]

Met a Vietnam veteran today selling some of his collection, he showed me some of the stuff he wouldn’t be selling and I just wanted to see if anyone could help me give some more information to him, everything except the long banner was from his uncle who served in WWII

[Pryo]

He knows it’s a battle flag and a says the other is a kamikaze headband but if anyone knows specifics it would be much appreciated!

[MAP]

The flag with all the writing is not a battle flag but a "good luck" flag ( hinomaru yosegaki) which was presented to the soldier and signed by family, friends, co-workers, etc.

The headband has nothing to do with Kamikaze pilots. That said, I do not know what it says. See Nicks thread below. Not the same headband but I think it will be something similar.

The man behind the Kamikaze Headband

Others can tell you if these items are original or not.

[Pryo]

Thanks MAP! Ill do some digging!

[ghp95134]

The headband:

皇軍必勝
Kōgun Hisshō
Imperial Army Assured Victory
Assured victory of the Imperial army

I have no idea as to authenticity.

-- Guy

[Nick Komiya]

The flag was given to an employee of Showa Photo Industries by his colleagues. This company had its HQ in Tokyo and a branch in Osaka and a plant in Kanagawa prefecture. The company merged to become part of Konica in March 1944, so this flag is dated from before that merger.

The headband appears to be a commercially printed one for civilians.

[Pryo]

I will let him know, thanks guys! He has a computer so I think I will link him this thread!

[ghp95134]

"Going off to War Banner"

祝
應召 [応召 Modern simplified kanji]
Congratulations
On Being Drafted

吉田義美君
Yoshida Yoshimi−kun
Mr. Yoshida, Yoshimi

名古屋
Nagoya

吉田勝次
Yoshida Katsuji [also can be read as Katsutsugu] -- probably his father.

-- Guy

[Pryo]

Is that for the long banner? Sorry Im trying to find any of the symbols you wrote on the items but I cant see to find them

[ghp95134]

Is that for the long banner? Sorry Im trying to find any of the symbols you wrote on the items but I cant see to find them

Here you go:



The one mistake I made was not adding the 郎 to Katsujirō's given name. I had it written 勝次 [Katsuji] instead of 勝次郎 [Katsujirō].

-- Guy