Original Japanese WWII U.S. Captured Imperial Japanese Merchant Marine Officer’s Forage Cap - Rare Price_$-050 - $200 9 June 1944

9 June 1944

Starting in the 17th century

had been adopted by the Royal Navy in 1881

Schroder – Wyoming

It does unfortunately look to have been exposed to water on the exterior at some point

Original Japanese WWII U.S. Captured Imperial Japanese Merchant Marine Officer’s Forage Cap - Rare Price_$-050 - $200 9 June 1944Original Item: Only One Available. In 1868, after the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese shipping industry was released from its national isolationism policy and began to divert from conventional coastal navigation to ocean going shipping. At this stage the Japanese economy was just starting to industrialize, much later than the great world powers. Because of lagging so far behind, machinery and equipment, as well as raw materials necessary for