| This photo was given to me by another collector (Thanks, Mitzi!), but I have a similar postcard as well (see photo). The tray looks as if it were modeled on the postcard |
| More Air Corps items |
| Rare lacquered wood aviation sake cup tray. The plane here has the number 119 on its side. Anyone have any info about that number? Inscribed 'Air Corps 1st Regiment, Discharge Commemorative.' |
| Rare Air Corps tokkuri that dates no earlier than 1931. It has the re-named capital of Manchuria inscribed. The Japanese re-named it in 1931. The characters read 'Kanto-Gun [Kwantung Army] Shinkyo (Xinjing) Air Corps, Mukai, Victorious Return Discharge Commemorative.' |
| Air Corps cup from a unit in Manchuria. Quite interesting: the name of the Chinese city where this unit was based is inscribed (Gongzhuling, a city in Jilin Province, Manchuria), and it is a unit of the Kwantung Army. The characters in the bowl read 'Kwantung Army, Victorious Return Commemorative, Gongzhuling Air Corps Unit'. |
| Airplane with rotating propellers and military star. I'm not sure if this belonged to a pilot or if the plane was just used as a military symbol. Inscribed: 'Discharge Commemorative, Kondo.' |
| Taken from a pilot's album. This is some sort of Air Defense flag. |
| Rare naval pilot cup |
| Note the falling petals, a symbol of the fallen soldier |
| The unit is not inscribed. Only 'Commemorative' is written. |
| The actual flag, original |
| Pilot's badge |
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| Very rare Air Corps lacquered wood sake cup tray. The design has a fighter plane in silver gilt, and gold gilt pilot's badge and goggles, within which is the reflection of an airbase. Inscribed: '5th Air Corps Regiment, Commemorative.' |
| Rare design. Below the bird is a pilot badge of some sort. Inscribed 'Air Corps 4th Battalion, Discharge Commemorative, Ishigaki.' |
| Beautiful pale green bottle with an embossed fighter plane and windsock. There are some kanji embossed, too. They are faint, but they can be read. They say 'Mie Air Corps Unit, Air Corps Division Commemorative.' The only Air Corps at Mie was a Navy Air Corps training center. It was established on August 1 1942 and was bombed so heavily in February 1945 that most of the cadets were transferred to other places. |
| Nicely painted fighter plane design. Inscribed: 'Air Corps 5th Regiment, Okabe.' |
| Rare hand-painted fighter plane design. Blue underglaze design on the neck. Inscribed: 'Air Corps 2nd Regiment, Discharge Commemorative, Matsui.' |
| Embossed Army tank and plane. Also a painted plane. Inscribed 'Victorious Return Commemorative, 12th Air Corps, 1st [Division?], Mano Superior Private.' |
| Lacquered wood cup with a gilt fighter plane, this one being the Kawanishi H6K also called the Type 97 large flying boat. Inscribed 'Kawanishi Large Flying Boat Completion Commemorative.' Since this plane was first introduced in 1938, we can confidently date the cup to the same year. |
