[TheGreenMan]

I picked up this little collection recently. Supposedly it comes from the same guy. It consists of a yosegaki, three whistles, a pair of eye glasses, some string tied up rather fancy-like, a leather strap and buckle of some sort, and a 'duty bag'. It also came with a fire brigade flag (not associated with the other bits of stuff, it was just included in the auction).

Anything interesting you guys can tell me about this stuff?
Any idea on what the guys name was, anything interesting on the flag, what the fire flag says, and what that leather strap is? The strap almost looks like a mosin nagant dog collar.

The flag. After doing some thinking I'm wondering if this isn't a fake. BTW the group came out of Japan so the writing may not be a clue.

The name...I think

Bag

Other items

Fire flag

 

[TheGreenMan]

Can anyone translate the name on the flag and the personals bag? What does the fire brigade (?) flag say? I think the fire flag is backwards, oops. And lastly any idea what the string and the leather buckle are for?

Flag the other direction.

Another angle on the buckle.

Link to more.
http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/kk55/GreenMan_13/Japanese Collection/


Thanks!

 

[JCB]

I cannot translate the flag but the one with the black and red lines is a WWII era firefighting department flag.

Jim
JapaneseOrdnance(at)yahoo.com

 

[CW]

I can almost spot a date on your flag in the lower left side. Any chance of a close up of that section?

 

[type-14]

Nice grouping. I've always enjoyed those small groupings like this one. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[TheGreenMan]

I can almost spot a date on your flag in the lower left side. Any chance of a close up of that section?

More pics can be found here: http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/kk55/GreenMan_13/Japanese Collection/

Using my nonexistent Japanese skills and somewhat adequate search skills maybe I can make out August 12th?

Nice grouping. I've always enjoyed those small groupings like this one. Thanks for sharing it with us.

No problem, I like sharing.

 

[Bama63]

I'm not a hundred percent but I believe the name of the soldier to be either "Masa" or "Tadashi" Ohtaki. Hopefully someone here with better reading ability than me will give you a firm answer. At any rate the name, however it is read, appears on both the flag and the bag so yes, they would have belonged to this same young man. Interesting grouping...

 

[arisakadogs]

The date is Aug 12, 1939

 

[CW]

Dogs beat me to the date, but I can add what I think is "Daizan Machi Bunkai" or Daizan Town Association. The final character is an older pre 45 character. So maybe it was a present from his home town on his way out? Daizan might be read as Oyama.