Antique Japanese Military Soldier City Gate China Incident Army Sake Cup

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Antique Japanese Military Soldier City Gate China Incident Army Sake CupThis is an antique Japanese military sake cup, decorated with a soldier standing in front of a Chinese city gate, a poem, and the words "Commemoration". The exterior of the cup has an embossed gourd and cherry blossom. Condition: Excellent light fading of the colors Size: 2" across

There's a maker's mark embossed at the base

This cup probably commemorates the expansion of the local veterans association into four platoons worth of men

The words on the cup are "Victorious Return Commemoration"

The words on the back are "Hikari Naval Arsenal Opening Ceremony Commemoration" "Showa 15th Year November 5th"

and two banners

On the back of the bottle is an embossed branch of cherry blossoms and the words "Leaving the service commemoration" "20th Infantry"

but don't know which ones they already have

including place names like Beijing

Condition: A couple small chips inside the base ring

although modern maps don't seem to have this place anymore

decorated with a couple phoenixes

and there's a rope that's tied on the back to allow you to hand the dish on a wall