WWI Imperial Japanese Navy Gunnery Torpedo Training Manual Sailor 1919 For Sale

DescriptionOriginal Imperial Japanese Navy training manual issued in December 1919 (Taisho 8) for a 5th Class Seaman of the Maizuru Naval Corps.The Maizuru Naval Corps was an important training unit under the Maizuru Naval District, where new sailors learned the practical skills required for service in the Imperial Japanese Navy.This compact manual covers subjects including gunnery, firearms, ammunition, shooting procedures, artillery, and torpedo warfare. It also contains diagrams showing weapons and ammunition, making it a practical training book rather than simply a ceremonial or ideological publication.The front cover has a handwritten date:“December, Taisho 8” — December 1919Even more interestingly, the back cover contains handwritten service information:Enlisted: December 1, 1919
No. 665
Name: Michikichi EndoThese handwritten details give the book a direct connection to an individual sailor who appears to have actually used it during his naval training.The year 1919 is especially interesting historically. World War I had just ended, and the Japanese Navy was entering a period of rapid modernization that would shape the fleet of the 1920s and 1930s.This is not a decorative souvenir. It is a working military manual that shows what an ordinary Japanese sailor was expected to learn more than 100 years ago.Condition shows age and use, including stains, wear, edge damage, and general deterioration. Please examine the photos carefully.A named sailor.
A dated naval training manual.
A surviving piece of everyday military education from the early 20th-century Japanese Navy.Own a Piece of History.Shipping

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