WW2 Japanese canteens

[Swords]

Can I get help translating these 2 canteens

 

 

 

 

Thanks steve

[John C]

3 hours ago, Swords said:

these 2 canteens

Need the pics, Steve.

John C.

[Swords]

That might help A senior moment 

[tbonesullivan]

Top canteen is just 一 三 四 - 1 3 4

 

Bottom is 二 ? 一 - 2  ? 1 . Not sure what that middle symbol is.

[John C]

3 hours ago, tbonesullivan said:

Not sure what that middle symbol is

Looks like the katakana letter KO. 

 

John C.

[Swords]

Interesting just numbers I thought I could find out what group who  fought and where 

I forgot the back of the top canteen 

[tbonesullivan]

4 hours ago, John C said:

Looks like the katakana letter KO. 

 

John C.

 

AHH! I always forget that they often mix in katakana on these. no idea what コ could mean in this context.

 

As for the other picture, the last two kanji look like 政志, but the two before it are too faded for me to read.

[SteveM]

二コ一 would normally mean "one of two" (one of a two-piece set).

 

The name looks like 関場正志  Sekiba Masashi. Not sure about the first character. 

 

 

 

 

[Swords]

Thanks for the info This might sound wierd bu I’ve been searching for one that was on the battlefield of Iwo Jima tough to find one

 

Thanks again 

Steve 

[tbonesullivan]

47 minutes ago, Swords said:

Thanks for the info This might sound wierd bu I’ve been searching for one that was on the battlefield of Iwo Jima tough to find one

 

Thanks again 

Steve 

 

You would need some pretty ironclad provenance on a canteen to convince me that it was an actual Iwo Jima bring back. In the early days canteens and such that USGIs picked up were traded around all the time, while in the service and at VFW meetings after the war. You'd need to find one with a signed affidavit from a confirmed Iwo Jima veteran stating that the canteen was picked up there. I'd probably also want to see either an intelligence inspected tag or a signed bring back certificate as well.

If you were hoping to find a Japanese name on a canteen and prove that they were on Iwo Jima, I don't know if there are such records to research.

[Swords]

You’re probably right

Again thanks all around for your help 

must of been alot of canteens came back after the war I would think the NLF canteens would be more rare since so many ships were sunk They  go for 150.00 on up depending on conditions and kanji