JAPAN Parachutist WW - II Army Qualification Insignia
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:343275 | Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan |
This is amint condition and original insignia for the Japan WW-II Army Parachutistqualification insignia in metal. Thisinsignia is the normal bullion example as obtained from the Frank Faheycollection in the 1960s, This old insignia with screw posts is Bragg &Turner ident No 613. TheJapanese parachute training began in 1940 for the Army and Navy, and by 1941nine training camps had been established in Japan and china. Late in that ye...ar, about 100 Germaninstructors arrived and parachute training was concentrated at Hainan Islandfor the Navy and Kiungshon for the Army. By December 1941 all paratroop units were trained. The Navy had the 1st and 3rdYokosuka Special Naval Landing forces while the Army has a Raiding regiment ofsome 700 men. The Naval parachutistswere the first to jump in combat against Manado in 1942. As far as is know tey made no further jumpsin action during the war, and both units were combined as the 1stYokosuka with a strength of 850 men, but in June 1944 they were used in theground role against the American bridgehead on Saipan. The Army first used its parachutists inSumatra in February 1942, then before they were to be used again, furtherexpansion took place and higher formations such as the Raiding Brigade with astrength of 1, 475 and a 1st Raiding Group of some 5, 575 men werecreated. In Hunan, China, two smalloperations were undertaken in 1945 and 1944, but the next major effort was tobe against American forces on Leyte in December 1944 by part of th2ast RaidingBrigade. Payment by normal means as used in thepast, will provide address, in addition to Paypal. Domestic shipping $2.00 un-insured regularmail or $3.85 for insured U.S. mail, however will always combine shipping ofmultiple winnings. Foreign air mail rateis $6.00. As foreign insured mail is notavailable, can ship via registered mail at cost of $13.35. These rates reflect the 27 January 2019 U.S.Postal Service increase but are much less than actual costs. Please contact within 3 days of auctionending. Please contact me with anyquestions.NOTE: Will ship worldwide and always combineshipping costs. I am a member of the InternationalParachutist & Special Forces Insignia Collector Group, 'Chute & Dagger andthe American Society of Military Insignia Collectors -ASMIC and the AmericanAirborne Association – AmericanAirborneAssn. - The International Parachutist & Special ForcesInsignia Collector Group is now accepting membership applications for 2019. If you are not a member of this 47-year-old militariacollector’s and historian group and are interested in joining, please ask andwe will provide an email address so an application form can be sent to you. Paratrooper Parachutiste Fallschirmjäger αλεξιπτωτιστήςvýsadkář para 落下傘降下兵낙하산병pára-quedistaдесантникparacaidistaParachutist 伞兵 Fallschirmspringer parašutista paracadutista落下傘兵낙하산병spadochroniarzпарашютистAirborne Aéroporté 空降 in de luchtluftgetragenenαερομεταφερόμενωνve vzduchuaerotrasportato 空中공기로 운반되는w powietrzuбортовойaerotransportadoбортовийSpecial Forcesforces spéciales特种部队ειδικές δυνάμειςspeciálních sil forze speciali특수 부대원 siły specjalne forças especiaisспецназ las fuerzas especiales Commando别动队 Kommandoκαταδρομέαςkomando コマンドー특공대 коммандосcomandoкоммандосSAS SCUBA SEAL UDT KSK Combat Diver plongeurs de combat作战潜水员 Kampftaucherκαταπολέμηση δύτης combattimento subacqueo 戦闘ダイバー전투 잠수부 walka nurek mergulhador de combateбоевой водолазbuceador de combateCombat Swimmer nageurs de combat战斗游泳Kampfswimmertechniken κολυμβητής μάχης boj plaveccombattimento nuotatore 戦闘のスイマー전투 요원pływak walkinadador de combateбоевой пловецcombatir la nadadora бойової плавець бойової водолаз; Vietnam GodBless America!!!!!!!
