Very rare photo transfer cup with a Navy battleship.
Inscribed 'Imperial Event Commemorative, Parade Ceremony, Lead Ship
Haruna.'
Read more about this ship here: BATTLESHIP HARUNA.
Very rare photo transfer cup with a Navy
battleship. However, the photo here was not
transferred well so the image is not clear.
Inscribed 'Imperial Event Commemorative,
Parade Ceremony, Lead Ship Haruna.'
Named Ship Cups, page 10
Named ship cup. Lacquered wood. Gold gilt anchor and blossom.
Inscribed 'Showa 9 [1934] 4th Fleet, Destroyer Asagiri, 1st Unit
Commemorative.'
Sunk at Guadalcanal, this ship was struck from the lists in 1942.
Inscribed 'Warship Kurama, Southern Dispatch, Commemorative, Nakanishi.'
In WW1 the cruiser Kurama was dispatched to the Southern Pacific, so that
is probably the 'Southern' referred to here.
Superb and rare lacquered wood cup from the battleship Mikasa, one of the most famous warships
in Japanese history.

The design has the Imperial paulonia leaves above and crossed flags in the center. One flag is rather
uncommon: it has a Japanese flag design fan in the field.

Inscribed 'Warship Mikasa, Loyalty, Politeness, Bravery, Sincerity, Purity [the 5 Virtues of a Soldier],
From all the members of [???].'

The three kanji that puzzle me here are YA (arrow) DOME (stop, or resting place) and a third that I
cannot find anywhere. YADOME is sometimes used as a family name, so it could be the members of
his unit who presented the cup to Takahashi. The third kanji could be Yadome's personal name.

On the reverse: 'In Celebration of Discharge, Our Brother Takahashi.'
Named ship pewter cup. The design has a tower, and the obverse is inscribed 'Port
Arthur [White Jewel Mountain?] Memorial Tower, [?] 218 [?].

The reverse is inscribed 'China Coast Patrol Commemorative, No. 10 Destroyer,
Showa 2 [1927], [??] Association.'

The No. 10 Destroyer was one of 8 Wakatake Class destroyers, and the only one
which survived the Pacific War. However, 7 days after the end of WW2, it was sunk
by a naval mine in the Kanmon Straits.

This class of ship was originally given number designations, which proved
unpopular, so they were all re-named in 1928. The No. 10 Destroyer was given the
name Asagao.

Read more HERE.