WW2 Imperial Japanese Army dog tag

[BavariaJeff]

Yesterday, I found this Japanese dog tag at an old Japanese Arsenal site in Incheon Korea

 

[Tony in SC]

Great find!! Around the old mill town playgrounds here in SC I have found several German, Nazi items but never anything Japanese.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Interesting find Jeff, any idea what it says? I have not been out for awhile.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[BavariaJeff]

Mike, the Japanese dig tags are similar to the WW2 German dog tags in that they list a soldier's number and his unit (I.e Infantry, Artillery etc.). like the German dog tags they do not have the soldier's name on them. Are you still in Grafenwhoer area? I hope you still are finding good stuff.

 

[artyfacts]

Very cool find.

 

[Mudflap]

Cool find. Used to live in Pyeongtaek but never got to detect.

 

[Mackaydon]

That tag certainly stirred old memories. I recognized the name, but not the spelling. I recall it was spelled "Inch' on". More specifically, I remember reading (as a kid of 10) how No. Korea invaded So. Korea in Sept. of 1950. UN forces then did an amphibious attack at Inchon on the Inchon Peninsula; and pushed the No. Korea's back; a decisive first 'victory' in a 'no-win' war.
Your tag is a great symbol of that piece of history. You say it is from WWII. Could it have been from the Korean "Conflict"?
Don.......
PS: If you are interested in the Korean Conflict and the action around Inchon......https://www.history.com/topics/korea/inchon

 

[BavariaJeff]

That tag certainly stirred old memories. I recognized the name, but not the spelling. I recall it was spelled "Inch' on". More specifically, I remember reading (as a kid of 10) how No. Korea invaded So. Korea in Sept. of 1950. UN forces then did an amphibious attack at Inchon on the Inchon Peninsula; and pushed the No. Korea's back; a decisive first 'victory' in a 'no-win' war.
Your tag is a great symbol of that piece of history. You say it is from WWII. Could it have been from the Korean "Conflict"?
Don.......
PS: If you are interested in the Korean Conflict and the action around Inchon......https://www.history.com/topics/korea/inchon

Mackaydon, Thank you very much for the link. I am very interested in the Korean War. The dog tag is circa 1924-1945 and was lost by a Japanese soldier 1945 or earlier when Korea was under Japanese colonial rule.

 

[SilverDreams]

That is super cool!

 

[arrow86]

Mike, the Japanese dig tags are similar to the WW2 German dog tags in that they list a soldier's number and his unit (I.e Infantry, Artillery etc.). like the German dog tags they do not have the soldier's name on them. Are you still in Grafenwhoer area? I hope you still are finding good stuff.

That’s interesting I wasn’t aware of that, so the number was specific to that soldier ?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice relic, congrats!

 

[A2coins]

Now that is a freakin cool find holy moly. Great display piece. Well done. Tommy

 

[texjim]

Awesome find,

 

[Trezurehunter]

Now that is a very nice find. I like it.