Military sword belt crest??

[phil reid]

Picked up this military belt, has a arisaka cartridge pouch, frog hanger that possibly fits a court sword as too small for bayonet etc( maybe batton? And has attached metal buckle thst i cant find in any of my books, any help appreciated

Cheers

 Phil

[Stegel]

Hey Phil, could possibly be Manchurian, as it has 20 stamens in what should be a Plum blossom and not Cherry which has 15 stamen.

The Japanese used the Cherry Blossom (sakura, i think it's called) whereas Manchukuo used the Plum Blossom.

Try posting it over at Warrelics Forum, if you can't get answers here, Nick Komiya would be able to give you a more definitive answer.

[phil reid]

Yes closest id found was Manchuria but not quite there and not like any of the other colonial ,someone suggested medic or bandsman🤷. Ill try your warrelic suggestion if everyones stumped here, cheers

[SteveM]

I see some similar ones on Yahoo JP listed as "Old Japanese Police Belts" (cherry blossom buckle).

Posting for reference

 

 

 

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/l1016367272

[Matsunoki]

I think the blossom depicted is Cherry because of the indented ends to the petals. Plum has rounded ends? That probably doesn’t help much…sorry.