"Japanese SS" Fantasy Insignia

[Nopegineer]

Hello gents,

I've just stumbled upon a set of fantasy "Japanese-SS" insignia on ebay. Just wanted to show this to you all. The Japanese do have a weird fascination with the SS...



P.S. I'm not too sure which forum this belongs in, so if there's a more suitable forum for this, could a moderator please move it? Thanks!

[HPL2008]

...and here's a photo showing them in wear:

https://mobile.twitter.com/kushanano...33483721347072

(I can't read what it says there, though.)

These and various other sets of fantasy insignia were once sold by soldat.com.

[Nopegineer]

Interesting... the watermark on the photo is the same as the seller on ebay. Made in China, though.

Here's the link:ww2 german japanese volunteer officer's rank set | eBay

[MAP]

We had an old thread here (I think) of a number of photos of people in Japan dressing up in these "costumes". I think on was even a wedding....

[Jb4046]

The Japanese SS

This MAP?

[MAP]

Yup

[Nopegineer]

Haha, I have some other photos of the modern-day Japanese in SS uniforms... I'll post them later.