Painted Kanji

[jwise]

Can anybody here tell me what these mean? I recognize the twos but what about the others ?

 

[Grey Doffin]

5242. Invoicing number.

Grey

[jwise]

Forgive the uneducated question but invoiced to whom and would there be any way to track where the blade went after it was made?

[Grey Doffin]

Hi, name please,

Sorry; not possible to track. The number was to help the arsenal/assembly shop keep track of parts as they moved through production and polish. I've never heard of these numbers being tied to individual soldiers; it wasn't a history anyone in Japan bothered or wanted to keep.

Grey

[jwise]

Hi, name please,

Sorry; not possible to track. The number was to help the arsenal/assembly shop keep track of parts as they moved through production and polish. I've never heard of these numbers being tied to individual soldiers; it wasn't a history anyone in Japan bothered or wanted to keep.

Grey

 

Grey,

 

Thanks for the info, I figured it was a long shot.

 

The other parts are stamped 90. Does it matter if the numbers do not match?

 

Thanks, Jerry

[Grey Doffin]

Hi Jerry,

Militaria collectors here might have a better take on this but I think it is common, if not usual, for the blade to have a number that doesn't match those on the pieces of koshirae.

Grey