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Rich · 8th December 2008, 10:09 PM

That is a family mon (crest), but not necessarily the guy mentioned. Any number
of soldiers even vaguely related could have used it. Here's a link to a good
site on Japanese Family Mon.

http://www.geocities.com/kazenaga23/crests.htm

BTW - it's an army kyu-gunto, not naval (different style tsuka)

Rich S

8th December 2008, 10:09 PM	#5
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	That is a family mon (crest), but not necessarily the guy mentioned. Any number of soldiers even vaguely related could have used it. Here's a link to a good site on Japanese Family Mon. http://www.geocities.com/kazenaga23/crests.htm BTW - it's an army kyu-gunto, not naval (different style tsuka) Rich S Last edited by Rich; 8th December 2008 at 10:20 PM.