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| Head dress
(ceremonial) of a Major in the Imperial Japanese Army WW2. Various
images show the hat, the plume, the metal carry case and the plume case. |
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WW2 Japanese Ceremonial
Uniform |
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| The
carry case specially made to transport and protect the uniform and accruements |
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Japanese Officer's Dress
uniform WW2 |
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| WWII JAPANESE IMPERIAL
ARMY OFFICER'S FULL DRESS UNIFORM TUNIC . Included is the 1st lieutenant
shoulder-board in original box. Buttons are all complete showing cherry
blossoms and inner lining is quilted. |
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| Officers hat |
Field cap |
Sun hat |
Steel helmet |
The Japanese had what they called Special Naval
Landing Force Units (SNLF) who were something like marines. |
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Naval aviator
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| Japanese seaman's soft
peaked field cap in dark blue cotton drill. There are three ventilation
eyelets on either side of the crown. There is a row of top stitching
around the lower edge of the cap and three rows of top stitching around
the edge of the peak to stiffen it. A gold wool embroidered anchor badge
is attached to the centre front of the cap. The inside of the cap is
lined with blue pin striped cotton and there is a thicker cotton band
around inside edge. |
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| Japanese
aviator's unlined brown cotton gabardine flying jacket. Waist length
jacket has stand and fall collar, concealed front buttoning, two large
semi-circular pockets with concealed zip fastening on either side of the
centre front, and a self fabric belt that is contained within the waist
casing and fastens with a white-metal, toothed sliding buckle. Each
sleeve has a zip running from elbow to wrist which can be unfastened to
give additional ease. The lower left front of the jacket has a 70mm slit
reinforced with leather, to allow cabling to be attached to the
aviator's flying helmet. |
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1943-09-14.
New Guinea Komiatum Ridge. Among equipment hurriedly abandoned by the
Japanese when they retreated towards Salamaua, were two-toed rubber
sneak boots used by enemy patrols. Warrant Officer James Fowler of
Tooronga Victoria, is holding one of the boots. Text
and image from AWM. |
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