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Imperial Japanese Navy Officer’s Visor Cap (WWII) (Lot: 1028)
$ 245 fee: 22.5%A classic Imperial Japanese Navy officer’s visor cap from the World War II period, featuring a removable white cotton cover over the crown. The front insignia consists of a gilt anchor surrounded by a gold embroidered oak leaf wreath, topped with a silver cherry blossom – a traditional symbol of the Japanese armed forces. The sides are fitted with gilt buttons showing an anchor and cherry blossom motif. The visor is made of black leather and shows period wear and age patina. The interior retains its black silk lining, leather sweatband, and an original cloth name tag with Japanese characters.
This type of cap was standard issue for officers of the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII and is today a sought-after collector’s piece, especially when complete with its original insignia and markings.
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Japanese NCO Sword, Late production Rare version “Horizontal Cuts Handle” (Lot: 846)
SOLDVeteran bring-back, rare late-war Japanese Type NCO sword in unissued condition. This example represents the final wartime production variant, identified by the wooden grip with distinctive horizontal machined cuts, which replaced the earlier “pineapple” and aluminum tsuka to conserve strategic metals. The iron tsuba, side-mounted locking latch, and absence of arsenal inspection stamps on the fittings are all hallmarks of the 1944-1945 last-ditch pattern. Manufactured in the closing months of WW2, as Japan prepared the Ketsu-Go defense plan against the anticipated Allied invasion of the home islands. The machine-made blade retains its crisp ridge line and clean original finish. Overall condition is exceptional throughout. A textbook end-of-war NCO sword and a highly desirable variant for any WW2 Japanese militaria collection.
