[Milsurplus] Japanese Aircraft Key, 8-10-2010

[Hue Miller]

From: roy wildermuth 
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 11:06 PM
To: Hue Miller 
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Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Japanese Aircraft Key, 8-10-2010


You probably have been told this but for what it is worth. 


The Chrysanthemum indicates that it is property of the Emperor Hirohito. Even Japanese battleships would have this as a large crest on the bow to show that the Emperor indeed owned all things and all people.
Roy Wildermuth
AWA Museum




-And you probably know this, but I will repeat it: yes, and that's why Japanese workmen ground the "mum" emblem off Japanese rifles, before they

were turned over to the American forces and given out to troops as war souvenirs. -Hue