Original Japanese WWII Imperial Japanese Army Enlisted Men's Tropical Forage Cap - Unissued British Artwork & Posters The barrel and receiver bear

The barrel and receiver bear serial number 47312 on the left hand side

is of finely bound iron plaited wire with a traditional urn shaped iron pommel (the pommel could be a replacement)

and have been cleaned a bit more leaving a mottled gray patina

Masanori was active during the Showa Period and worked at Seki arsenal in Gifu

that this Artillery officer tunic was ever actually worn

Original Japanese WWII Imperial Japanese Army Enlisted Men's Tropical Forage Cap - Unissued British Artwork & Posters The barrel and receiver bearOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely, unissued example of a tropical enlisted mans forage cap. Features the classic string closure eyelets to the back with closure string. The front features a lovely yellow embroidered five pointed imperial Japanese star cap badge with background. The chinstrap is still present with all stitching intact. All in all very nice example of a WW2 Japanese cap, quality items of this kind are very rarely