Kamikaze ”Hachimaki” Hold cupro-nickel

cupro-nickel

dated 1928

Medal for the Campaign of 1936-1939 (bronze gilt and black matte finish

in solid 22k GOLD and enamels

Pack of Aviator Playing Cards (overprint stamped "Gift of the American Red Cross" and "For Use of U

Kamikaze ”Hachimaki” Hold cupro-nickel11" x 33" headband headband is hand painted with black Kanji and a red sun on a fine cotton linen. The two large Kanji at the top reads "Kamikaze" (God's Storm or Divine Wind). Underneath, it reads "Written by the head of the Aviation Ordinance Bureau " Endo Saburo. Endo Saburo was Major General and Commander of the 3rd Air Brigade when war broke out in the Pacific. The white linen is age stained with some black paint markings, presumably left from