Japan, Empire. An Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant’s Dress Cap, C. 1920 certificate_of_authenticity Slightly curled

Slightly curled

Henley-on-Thames

beautiful patinas

He later became Adjutant 2 1/c at the Basic Training Centre in Orillia

Japan, Empire. An Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant’s Dress Cap, C. 1920 certificate_of_authenticity Slightly curledThis is a very well preserved Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenants dress cap, constructed of smooth black wool. The crown of the cap bears a five pointed star constructed of machine embroidered gold bullion wire, and is trimmed with dual bands of identical construction. The body of the cap is trimmed at both the top and bottom with additional dual bands of gold bullion wire, with four bands emanating from the top band at the caps cardinal points,