Japanese Militaria at Castle-Thunder.com

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Thanks for all the info but I do not need any help identifying who the man is. I knew he was either my grandfather or my greatgrandfather but from the info I got now I know. It was my grandfather. ...

Unfortunately, my mother's siblings are all dead (her brother died four days after her) so I have no relatives in Japan to contact.

Ex-Samurai may be correct. My mother said she had samurais in he ...

Thanks! Yeah, it isn't any clearer in the actual picture. Too old and the light obscured the medals. Any idea of the rank? I always assumed it was my grandfather who died in 1938 at the age of 58. ...

Hello all.

Attached is a photo of either my grandfather or greatgrandfather. My mother was from northern Japan and born in 1925 but she had much older siblings (17 and 19 years older). She just rec ...

Thanks everyone so much! Teri Bryant (Nambu world) and Richard Catalano (imperialjapansakecups.com) helped me id the two of the medals (one is a chop shop items so is of no value). The two id'd are ...

Thanks so much!! and Teri helped me with the first one also although she didn't give me the name of the medal so still working on that and the third one.

P.S. Did email Teri also at nambo world.

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Thanks anyhow for trying. They may be post WWII but I don't think so. I am leaning more toward pre WWI. Here is a bit more about them and I will try and take better pictures front and back this wee ...

I inherited a fairly large collection of different military memorabilia from my father. It can be seen at www.omsa.org under my user name 1aikol. Part of that is a set of Japanese medals. I think t ...