Japan, Empire. An Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant’s Dress Cap, C. 1920 Auction Archive dated May 25

dated May 25

Death notice

18 mm x 20 mm

the obverse depicting the Lippian rose within an open-ended laurel wreath - the twelve o’clock arm of the cross with a crowned cipher of Leopold

in which it participated

Japan, Empire. An Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant’s Dress Cap, C. 1920 Auction Archive dated May 25This 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,