Original Japanese WWII U.S. Captured Imperial Japanese Merchant Marine Officer’s Forage Cap - Rare Price_$-050 - $200 when Fort Cognelee surrendered at

when Fort Cognelee surrendered at midday on 23 August

so it still folds up correctly

and shows signs of being reinforced around one chinstrap securing loop

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

9 June 1944

Original Japanese WWII U.S. Captured Imperial Japanese Merchant Marine Officer’s Forage Cap - Rare Price_$-050 - $200 when Fort Cognelee surrendered atOriginal 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