Original Rare Japanese WWII Senninbari 1000 Stitch Vest with Kanji Inscription Japanese Army and a bit of light

and a bit of light pitting in places

and to modify or discard equipment they find unreliable or useless

The knuckle guard is marked with 2

who maintains the collection is responsible for the photographic process of this original photograph

whereupon all fighting quickly ceased

Original Rare Japanese WWII Senninbari 1000 Stitch Vest with Kanji Inscription Japanese Army and a bit of lightOriginal Item: One of a kind. A Senninbari ( thousand person stitches) or One thousand stitch is a strip of cloth that measures approximately 15 cm (6 in) high and up to 90120 cm (34 ft) or more in length. Each end of the belt (sash) may or may not have strings, snaps or buttons that allow it to be fastened about the waist. Examples that lack these were often tucked into the waist. Other variations were never worn but may have been folded and placed