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THIS OFFER IS FOR MY 6TH THIS WONDERFUL & COLORFUL MWB™ FIRST WITH MID 1930’S AND DOUBLE WITH RARE AND READY TO WEAR VINTAGE 1940 WITH AWESOME LEATHER 32 x 37 WITH 1944 NEWS PAPER ARTICLES A BLACK DEAP & LARGE AND FREE PROFESSIONAL NOTE ALL ITEMS ARE GROUPED APPRAISAL AND FREE A ONE YEAR GSW LIMITED WARRANTY WITH US CONTINENTAL OR 155.00 INSURED FEDEX INTERNATIONAL *********************************** FREE USA INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT MON-SAT
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FROM 1874 TO 1917, JAPAN HAD SHED HER ANCIENT OUT-DATED WAYS AND MOVED WITH UNEXPECTED FORCE INTO THE MODERN WORLD. JAPAN HAD BECOME A BUILDER OF HER OWN ARMAMENTS, SHIPS, PLANES AND HAD EVEN IMPROVED UPON THE ADVANCEMENTS OF THE MODERNIZED WORLD. IN FACT, AFTER THE 1904-05 ANNIHILATION OF TWO VAUNTED AND POWERFUL RUSSIAN FLEETS, SHE HAD BECOME A WELCOME TREATY PARTNER OF THE USA, BRITAIN AND THE WORLD AT LARGE. BY 1917, DAINI SEIKOSHA WAS SEEKING WESTERN TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPABILITIES TO PRODUCE MODERN WATCHES. THEY INVITED SWISS AND AMERICAN WATCH COMPANIES TO JAPAN. THEY DID WHAT THE JAPANESE DO BEST. UNDER THE BANNER OF POSSIBLE EXPORTS, THESE COMPANIES WOULD, IN FACT, TEACH THE JAPANESE WOW TO MAKE WATCHES THAT, BY THE 1950’S, WOULD COMPETE TOE TO TOE, WITH THE ENTIRE GLOBAL WATCH COMMUNITY.
IN 1917, JAPAN HAD AGREEMENTS WITH THE MOST ADVANCED COMPANIES IN SWITZERLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. THE ABOVE ADD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THIS OFFER AND ITS HISTORY. MANY SEIKOSHA MILITARY WATCHES CONTAINED WALTHAM AND OTHER SWISS MOVEMENTS! IN ADDITION, SWISS TECHNOLOGY AND FINISHING TECHNIQUES CAN BE FOUND IN THE LIMITED ANTIQUE VINTAGE JAPANESE TIME PIECES AVAILABLE TODAY, SUCH AS THIS SEIKOSHA SEIKO TIME PIECE WITH SEIKOSHA MOVEMENT THAT HAS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SWISS OR AMERICAN TIME PIECE OF THE DAY. THIS * JAPANESE MILITARY WATCH > I SPEND MOST OF MY “SPARE” TIME SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR RESTORATION,. I DO NOT COLLECT THEM, I SELL THEM– SO I CAN DO IT OVER AND OVER. SO, THIS PARTICULAR JAPANESE WATCH WAS A SUPER RARE FIND. WHILE MOST ARE SEIKOSHA , AS I STATED ABOVE, MANY EARLIER WATCHES CONTAINED MOVEMENTS FROM SWISS AND AMERICAN COMPANIES . * Almost every Japanese military timepiece seen to date has carried the mark of watch manufacturer ‘Seikosha’ or ‘K. Hattori’, the forerunners of the modern day Seiko Co. Ltd. Ginza Tokyo, Japan. ********************************
THIS JAPANESE WWII MILITARY WATCH
THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST THIS WATCH HAS THE SEIKOSHA/SEIKO
WE RE-ILLUMINATED THE HANDS *RE-ILLUMINATED
THERE IS EVIDENCE OF KANJI ON DIAL THE ORIGINAL
THIS SETUP LOOKS & ACTS LIKE STRAP IT FITS PERFECTLY ******************************** THE LEATHER STRAP ON THIS WATCH TRIANGULAR STITCHED PATTERN
THE SPRING BAR SIDE
WIRE LUG SIDE MAKES BUCKLING EASIER
BUCKLE IS STEEL
BUCKLE IS 24MM
STITCHING IS EXCELLENT CONDITION
VERY CLEAN
THE STRAP IN IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
THERE ARE WORN KANJI STAMPINGS
NOTICE THE SURFACE CREASE/CRACK FRONT BUCKLE
FINISH HAS RESTORED THE LEATHER
FINISH HAS RESTORED THE LEATHER *************************************
INNER CASE WITH BACK AND BEZEL
OUTER CASE BACK IS STEEL
DUST PROOF
*RE-ILLUMINATED
*RE-ILLUMINATED
THIS DIAL IS SMALL AND ONLY FITS THIS CASE
OUTER CASE TOP
THIS VW CO HERALD
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AWESOME FLAT WHITE MILITARY DIAL
SIGNED HELIOS
LUM IS NICE
ALL STAINLESS STEEL CASE
THIS AWESOME HELIOS
THE LEATHER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
NO TEARS OR BREAKS
THIS STRAP HAS BEEN RESTORED
THE FINISH IS EVEN WITH AN AGED LOOK
WATCH AND STRAP FIT
TOGETHER PERFECTLY
BUCKLE SWIVELS ON THE STRAP
STRAIGHT PICTURE
ANOTHER STRAIGHT SHOT
PERFECT
YOU CAN SEE THE GRAIN
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THIS
ORIGINAL NEWS PAPER ARTICLE CONCERNING THE
ORIGINAL ARTICLE COMPARING THE LOSS OF LIFE
ORIGINAL PHOTO OF IMPERIAL SOLDIERS
JAPANESE WAR MEDAL The heightened tensions of the Marco Polo bridge Incident led directly into full scale war with the Battle of Beiping-Tianjin at the end of July and the Battle of Shanghai in August The war medal was awarded to soldiers departing for service in China. It was issued until 1945. The construction of the medal consists of 30 mm bronze, with a swivel grip. The front of the medal depicts the “Yata-no-karasu” (mythical bird) on crossed Army and Navy flags. Complete with rays of light behind and the Chrysanthemum crest above. The back of the medal portrays mountains, clouds and waves. The meaning behind this symbology is Northern China, Central China and the red Sea. The inscription reads “China Incident”. The “Yata-no-karasu” is a giant three legged mythical red crow which, according to legend, guided Jimmu Tenno’s army through the mountains. In designing the medal, the decision was made to depict the bird with only two legs. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident was a battle between the Republic of China’s National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army, often used as the marker for the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). The eleven-arch granite bridge, Lugouqiao, is an architecturally significant structure, restored by the Kangxi Emperor (1662–1722). Often signifying the opening of Japan’s comprehensive invasion of mainland China, both this 7 July and 18 September (Mukden Incident) are still remembered as days of national humiliation by most Chinese. Under the terms of the Boxer Protocol of 7 September 1901, China had granted nations with legations in Beijing the right to station guards at twelve specific points along railways connecting Beijing with Tianjin. This was to ensure open communications between the capital and the port. By a supplementary agreement on 15 July 1902, these forces were allowed to conduct maneuvers without informing the authorities of other nations in China.[4] By July 1937, Japan had expanded to maintain forces estimated between 7000–15,000 men, mostly along the railways. This number of men and amount of material was several times the size of those detachments deployed by European powers, and greatly in excess of the limits set by the Boxer Protocol. Marco Polo Bridge, located outside of the walled town of Wanping to the southwest of Beijing was the choke point of the Pinghan Railway (Beijing-Wuhan), and guarded the only passage linking Beijing to Kuomintang-controlled areas in the south. Prior to July 1937, the Japanese military had repeatedly demanded the withdrawal of all Chinese forces stationed in this area, and had attempted to purchase nearby land to build an airfield. The Chinese refused, as Japanese control of the bridge and Wanping town would completely isolate Beijing from the Kuomintang-controlled south. ensions between the Empire of Japan and China had been fanned since the Invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and subsequent creation of a nominally independent state, Manchukuo, with Puyi, the last monarch of the Qing Dynasty, as its sovereign. Although the Kuomintang (KMT) government of China refused to recognize Manchukuo, a truce between Japan and Republican China had been negotiated in 1931. However, at the end of 1932 the Japanese Army invaded Rehe Province (Jehol Province). This was annexed into Manchukuo in 1933. Per the He–Umezu Agreement of 9 June 1935, China recognized the “neutrality” of eastern Hebei and Chahar provinces, though both were practically under Japanese occupation. Later that year, Japan officially established the East Hebei Autonomous Council, turning these regions into a puppet state and buffer-zone. By the start of 1937 all the areas north, east and west of Beijing were controlled by Japan. From June 1937, Japanese troops carried out intensive military training maneuvers in the vicinity of the western end of the Marco Polo Bridge. These were held every night (other foreign garrison troops seldom held night maneuvers), and the Chinese government requested that advance notice be given so that local inhabitants would not be disturbed. The Japanese agreed to this condition. However, on the night of July 7, 1937, night maneuvers were carried out without prior notice, greatly alarming the local Chinese forces. Chinese troops, thinking an attack was underway, fired a few ineffectual rifle shots, leading to a brief exchange of fire at approximately 23:00. When a Japanese soldier failed to return to his post, his company commander, Major Kiyonao Ichiki, thought that the Chinese had captured him, and reported the incident to his regimental commander, Colonel Renya Mutaguchi. Chinese regimental commander Ji Xingwen (219th Regiment, 37th Division, 29th Route Army) received a telephone message from the Japanese demanding permission to enter Wanping to search for the missing soldier. At 23:40, General Qin Dechun, acting commander of the 29th Route Army and Chairman of the Hebei-Chahar Political Council was contacted by Japanese military intelligence with the same demand. He responded that in his opinion, the Japanese had violated China’s sovereignty by conducting maneuvers without advance notice, and refused the Japanese demand for entry into Wanping. However, Qin said that he would order Chinese troops stationed at Wanping to conduct a search on their own behalf with an attached Japanese officer. The Japanese were satisfied with the reply, but while both sides prepared their investigators, a unit of Japanese infantry attempted to breach Wanping’s defences and were repulsed. An ultimatum by the Japanese was issued two hours later. As a precautionary measure, Qin contacted 37th Divisional commander General Feng Zhian to place his troops on heightened alert. At around 03:30 on the morning of 8 July, Japanese reinforcements in the form of four mountain guns and a company of machine gunners arrived from nearby Fengtai. The Chinese also rushed an extra division of troops to the area. At around 04:50, two Japanese investigators were allowed into Wanping. However, notwithstanding the presence of the Japanese investigators within the town, the Japanese Army opened fire with machine guns at around 05:00. Japanese infantry backed with armored vehicles attacked the Marco Polo Bridge, along with a modern railroad bridge to the southeast of town. MARINE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL One of the oldest military awards of the United States military. The Navy Good Conduct Medal was first issued in 1869, followed by a Marine version in 1896. The Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal was issued in 1923 and the Army Good Conduct Medal in 1941. The Air Force was the last service to create a Good Conduct Medal in 1963. The Good Conduct Medal is awarded to any active-duty enlisted member of the United States military who completes three consecutive years of “honorable and faithful service”. Such service implies that a standard enlistment was completed without any non-judicial punishments, disciplinary infractions, or court martial offenses. If a service member commits an offense, the three-year mark “resets” and a service member must perform an additional three years of service without having to be disciplined, before the Good Conduct may be authorized. During times of war, the Good Conduct Medal may be awarded for one year of faithful service. The Good Conduct Medal may also be awarded posthumously, to any service member killed in the line of duty.
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