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โรงเรียนข้าราชการฝ่ายปกครอง - District Officer School, วิทยาลัยการปกครอง - Institute of Administration Development: http://iad.dopa.go.th/iad-detail/iad_detail.htm Price: http://www.chaiyasilp.com/product/107/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2-%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD

2nd - 貳

백두산 - Baekdu Mountain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baekdu_Mountain 조선민주주의인민공화국 - Democratic People's Republic of Korea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea

第四七號 - №47, 賞狀 - honorable certificate, 陸軍歩兵二等卒 - Infantry Soldier 2nd Class, 才崎 - Saisaki, 嘉? (perhaps 嘉佐 - Kasa), 大隊競點射擊ノ成績優等ナルヲ以テ之ヲ賞ス - awarded on the basis of excellent result in battalion shooting competition. Date 陸軍歩兵少佐 - Infantry Major, 従六位 - Junior 5th Rank, 勲四等 - 4th Class of Order of the Rising Sun, 功四級 - 4th Class of the Order of the Golden Kite, 吉井 – Yoshii, 直太郎 - Naotarou. 會長之印 - seal of the chairman. /// /// 賞狀 - honorable certificate, 歩兵第四十八聯隊第四中隊 - 4th Company, 48th Infantry Regiment, 陸軍歩兵上等兵 - Infantry Gefreiter, 津村 -Tsumura, 精市 - Seiichi, 射擊優等二付此賞狀ヲ附與ス - this honorable certificate about rewarding the title «Excellent shooter» is handed. Date 歩兵第四十八聯隊長 - Commander of a 48th Infantry Regiment. 陸軍歩兵大佐 - Infantry Colonel, 従五位 - Junior 5th Rank, 勲三等 3rd Class of Order of the Rising Sun, 功三級 - 3rd Class of the Order of the Golden Kite, 町田 - Machida (Chouda, Maeda), 經宇 – Keiu. 歩兵第四十八聯隊長之印 - seal of the Commander of a 48th Infantry Regiment. /// /// 歩兵第四十八聯隊第四中隊 - 4th Company, 48th Infantry Regiment, 陸軍歩兵上等兵 - Infantry Gefreiter, 津村 - Tsumura, 精一 - Seiichi (Kiyokazu, Seiitsu), 射擊優等二付此賞狀ヲ附與ス - this honorable certificate about rewarding the title «Excellent shooter» is handed. Date 歩兵第四十八聯隊第一大隊長 - Commander of a 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment, 陸軍歩兵少佐 - Infantry major, 正六位 - Senior 6th Rank, 勲四等 - 4th Class of Order of the Rising Sun, 功四級 - 4th Class of the Order of the Golden Kite, 竹下 - Takeshita (Takeshimo, Takenoshita), 宜行 - Noriyuki (Yoshiyuki). 歩兵第四十八聯隊第一大隊長之印 - seal of the Commander of a 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment.

(財)国際消防交流協会 - International Exchange Association of Fire Service. (財) = 財団法人 - Foundation (nonprofit).

財圑法人 大日本國民服協會 謹製 produced by Foundation (nonprofit) of the Great Japan National Uniform Association

The second letter of the second word is "Ч" and not "Ж": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Mongolian_alphabet "Тэргүүний аЖилтан" is not correctly. The right is "тэргүүний аЧилтан" - the outstanding graduate (alumnus).

Teacher of contemplation (of dhyana).

You're welcome. Now the last character is visible. It's really 次

The first and last characters are not very visible. 州住藤原長 - are correct. Probably: 加州住藤原長次. The first character is like. http://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/meisearch?type=All&mei_op=contains&mei=%E5%B7%9E%E4%BD%8F%E8%97%A4%E5%8E%9F%E9%95%B7 Translation: Fujiwara (藤原) Nagatsugu (長次) living in (住) Kashū (加州) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaga_Province

Photos are bad. I'm not sure about the characters. Here are the inscriptions on the katanas: http://books.google.com.ua/books?id=JXerop95iWYC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=%22%E6%91%82%E5%B7%9E%E4%BD%8F%E8%97%A4%E5%8E%9F%E9%95%B7%E7%B6%B1%22Nagatsuna&source=bl&ots=LDVc2UzwKU&sig=tuD5IYEdYPvGHqQ7XAdHdNAGFJI&hl=ru&sa=X&ei=XjDYUeHTFsjEtAaq6IGIBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22%E6%91%82%E5%B7%9E%E4%BD%8F%E8%97%A4%E5%8E%9F%E9%95%B7%E7%B6%B1%22Nagatsuna&f=false Here are discussing similar: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=13399

Perhaps it is:摂州住藤原長綱

改四五式 - type 45. 大正十年製 - 1921 year. 本廠検定 - factory test. 大野良治 - Ono Yoshiharu (many variants).