| Superb Air Corps sake cup tray. This tray has the pilot's badge, an airplane, and a helmet and goggles in gold gilt. And reflected in the goggles are the air base and the main gate of the headquarters. The characters read, 'Air Corps, 5th Regiment Commemorative.' This photo was given to me by another collector (Thanks, Mitzi!), but I have a similar postcard as well (see photo below). The tray looks as if it were modeled on the postcard photo. |
| 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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