Rare Antique Japanese Military Battleship Katori Machinery Division Navy Sake Cup - Yokoyama collection 3

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Rare Antique Japanese Military Battleship Katori Machinery Division Navy Sake Cup - Yokoyama collection 3This is an antique Japanese military sake cup, one of a collection of cups from the same person. The cup is decorated with a naval insignia. The words on the back are of the cup are "Gift to Mr. Yokoyama" and "Members of the same year sailors of the Machinery Division of the Warship Katori". This is most likely the first Katori the battleship that was decommissioned in 1923. I have a number of cups that were intended for this same Yokoyama person from

The chrysanthemum and kiri are both symbols of the imperial house

Size: 5" x 4"

Condition: Mint

and the words "China Incident Commemoration" "Army Medic Department"

with a new flag to match

The soldier's name Fukui is on the back

25" across

75" across

decorated on the cover with a map of Hokkaido and the southern part of Sakhalin

It was bombed by 190 planes on the day Japan surrendered

The exterior of the cup is in the shape of a helmet with a pair of shells as the base

although modern maps don't seem to have this place anymore