Some Medal Boxes, ww2?,

[Farkas]

Hello Gents,

 I’m going on my travels tomorrow to collect a British thing 👇 from a fella who I now know has 50 years in collecting (mainly) Japanese swords…

I couldn’t resist a few other things he has

 

he has some cool photos too.

But also I’m worried I’m going to come home with a Katana or two and a week to pay 🙃

 

Anyway The boxes no longer have their inlays and have been repurposed to store things. I liked them but I also bought them to show you Gents and find out what they are 🤷‍♂️ There is always my ‘would be cool if…’ optimism leading me astray 🍻

 

There are also two little Bonsai tools with signed blades i ‘had’ to have…

one below 👇

 

I’ve omitted the detailed pictures of the medal boxes so I can post my own , tomorrow 🤞,  when they’re mine. 

 

cheers

tony 🍻

[Farkas]

Hi Gents,

first apologies because Sod’s law I bet the boxes are upside down 🙃

 

First of all, they are smaller than expected, I’ve left the card in the pics for scale and I’ve included the two that are blank… it’s not your eyes 👀

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I’m gonna upload this quick before I lose it all again!

 

Penny for your thoughts…

 

tony 🍻

 

 

 

[Farkas]

Hi Gents,

thought I’d add these two blades while I’m here.  Bit of back ground on all of it.

The fella I met was great. He was given a small Japanese sword at 8 years old and is now 72 years old.

I could’ve chatted all day!

Anyway the boxes and the two knives below were in Thailand, an old Japanese fella living there gave them to him, but that’s all he knows of it.

He was with his wife today, so I have no reason to call bullshit on the following…

 

He is now down to 30 Katana, he had reached 350, that’s 350 Katana and…

10 suits of samurai armour.

As he explained how much room his display took up his wife had an understandable look on her face 😊

 

Relatably, his love of swords spread to all things Japanese but also he spent some time (working?) with local ww2 veterans in the Bath, UK area and picked up a few things from them too.  Among them items from a pilot he knew who landed his Sunderland flying boat in the Yangtze River by ‘the warship’ (presumably HMS Amethyst) during the Yangtze River Crisis.

 

Anyway,

here are the two little blades.

 

1. this has a composite handle and brand name 👇

 

 

 

 

2. On this next one, the characters pretty much gone sadly, even to the naked eye but it’s a nicer wooden cased/handled piece. 👇

 

 

 

 

Hope you like Gents.

 

cheers 

tony 🍻

Edited 21 hours ago by Farkas

[No one]

Dear Farkas,

 

 

 

For this one a picture with a badge. Is it the good badge?:

 

 

 

 

The knives are " kiridashi " or woodcarving tool. One is from the "Familiar" company:

 

切り出し小刀 - Wikipedia

 

切出し ナイフ 新品 未使用 Familiar ファミリア 切り出し小刀 片刃 刃物/カ23　0808－日本代購代Bid第一推介「Funbid」

 

 

Woodworking Tool 175mm Small Japanese Kiridashi Kogatana Utility Knife, with Blade Sheath, for Wood Carving & Bamboo Craft - Etsy 日本

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

[TracA]

Hi Tony,

 

To add to No One's translations, the Regular and Special Members boxes are for Patriotic Women's Association badges. See Medals of Asia at https://asiamedals.info/threads/history-and-badges-of-greater-japan-womens-patriotic-association.23765/ and/or right her on GMIC at https://gmic.co.uk/topic/80407-patriotic-women’s-association-badges/.

 

All the best,

 

Tracy