World War II Japanese colonial-era armband For Sale

This item is a rare World War II Japanese colonial-era armband worn by a civilian mobilization unit in occupied Korea.
Inscription Translation & BreakdownDuring World War II, text in the Japanese empire was traditionally written from right to left. Reading the main text backwards reveals its purposeMain Text (統營郡商業仕奉隊): Tongyeong-gun Commercial Service Corps (Japanese: Tōei-gun Shōgyō Shihōtai).Tongyeong-gun (統營郡) is a county located in South Gyeongsang Province, KoreaCommercial Service Corps (商業仕奉隊) was a wartime mobilization unit created by the National Total War Federation around late 1943 to early 1944. These units integrated local merchants and shopkeepers into the war effort, forcing them to eliminate individual profit-seeking and act strictly as state rationing organs to secure food, rice, and vital materials for the military.Bottom Left (長): Leader / ChiefBottom Right (班): Squad / GroupThe central logo features a yellow stylized bird silhouette inside a red circle, flanked by two small black characters

Left (社): Company or Association.

Right (商): Commerce / Merchant.

This emblem represents the specific local merchant association or official wartime distribution guild managing resources in the Tongyeong region

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The armband measures 7 1/2\" in length x 4 1/4\" wide. The condition is excellent considering its age.

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