WW2 Japanese hat

[Swords]

Need help with translation

 

Thanks 

[John C]

Hello Steve:

Left column - Inspection mark for uniform depot in Osaka; middle - date (looks like showa 16); right - size medium. Not sure what the cartouche is on the far right.

 

John C.

[uwe]

“日工納” seems to be in the cartouche (Nikkou store… possible reading?!). 

[Trenchnut]

What about showing us the cap Steven?

[Swords]

Thanks guys

About the Showa 1941

Should there be a # 16?

[Bruce Pennington]

[Bugyotsuji]

The nine looks to have been added later. Maybe an update to older stock? (It’s a thicker script.)

[Nobody]

I think that the number written over nine is eight.

 

 

[Swords]

Thanks for everyone’s help 

So are we on the same page Showa 16=1941

 

 

Steve

[Bugyotsuji]

51 minutes ago, Swords said:

Thanks for everyone’s help 

So are we on the same page Showa 16=1941

 

 

Steve

No, we are all on different pages.

十九 is 19, 1944.

十六 is 16, 1941

十八 is 18, 1943

 

It is possible that the hat issue type stayed the same but the last number was altered depending on which year each hat was actually issued. If this is the case, to me the last/latest number (Showa 19) is most likely, regardless of the covered number(s).