Bruce Pennington Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 Ok, not THAT kind of a date! Ha! This kind: It looks like Showa 10 10 5 year 12 month, but that would be December, 1950, which doesn't jibe with a WWII Rinji 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 Looks like ”十" that was accidentally struck twice. Should be 十九年 (1944), but for some reason it ended up as 十十九年. Late war carelessness? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted April 27 Author Report Share Posted April 27 Sounds logical, thanks Steve. What made me think the 9 was a 5 was the small horizontal line on the top of the kanji. I just assumed the bottom horizontal was incompletely struck. We have seen other late war inscriptions with questionable skill. Your theory is probably spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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