CARVED BLACK FOREST BEAR ON MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO JAPANESE 7TH INFANT.COMMANDER

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CARVED BLACK FOREST BEAR ON MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO JAPANESE 7TH INFANT.COMMANDER
CARVED BLACK FOREST BEAR ON MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO JAPANESE 7TH INFANT.COMMANDER
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PRESENTED TO COLONEL HISATSUNA MOTEGI, COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE ARMY 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION AT KUSHITA JAPAN..INSCRIBED ON A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WOOD THAT THE BEAR STANDS ON...NO DOUBT THE BEAR WAS SYMBOLIC OF THE 7TH'S CALL SIGN "BEAR" (KUMA HEIDAN)...THIS WAS FROM THE ESTATE OF A 103 YEAR OLD JAPANESE AMERICAN...AS THERE WERE NO RELATIVES AT THE SALE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TIME PERIOD HE SERVED IN... IN VERY FINE VINTAGE CONDITION I ALWAYS COMBINE SHIPPING THANKS FOR LOOKING AT MY LISTINGS !...NORA
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