Field cap kanji

ViniVidiDejaVu · 12 Feb 2020

Greetings! are the thread patterns meant to be kanji on this WWII field cap? The other items are simply there to better define the cap. The stamps on the inside of the cap are too far gone to see. I also have a couple more items I will be seeking help with in other threads. If possible I wish to preserve the names of the soldiers. Thank you for any interpretations!

Mike

Toritoribe · 12 Feb 2020

IMG_2145 is the soldier's name イケジマ "Ikejima".

ViniVidiDejaVu · 12 Feb 2020

Thank you very much, Tortoribe! You have helped in the past, and I greatly appreciate it. For some reason I seem to remember that "jima" means island - is that true?

Mike

ViniVidiDejaVu · 12 Feb 2020

Yes, I see that the symbols in IMG_2148 are different. I think I see a six and a two. Can you tell me what these are, and what they may mean? Possibly unit numbers? Thank you!

Mike

Toritoribe · 13 Feb 2020

Right. The upper ones would be 6 and 2. I have no idea about the meaning.

ViniVidiDejaVu said:
For some reason I seem to remember that "jima" means island - is that true?

Yes. Shima means "island", and it changed to jima because of rendaku, for instance Iōjima.

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