Original 19th Century Japanese Late Edo Period Lacquered Flat Jingasa Helmet Shell German Field Gear This appears to have been

This appears to have been made on board a US Navy vessel from scrap brass

Springfield Krag-Jørgensen Long Rifles

Also include with this set is a binder with 164 pages of the history of the 613th

communicated his opinions about the proceedings using gestures

but have been nicely cleaned ready to display

Original 19th Century Japanese Late Edo Period Lacquered Flat Jingasa Helmet Shell German Field Gear This appears to have beenOriginal Item: Only One Available. A KASA () is any one of several sorts of traditional Japanese hats. Some types are amigasa, jingasa, sandogasa, sugegasa, and takuhatsugasa. Note that rendaku ("sequential voicing") causes kasa to change to gasa when it is preceded by another word specifying the type of hat: thus, JINGASA ( "camp hat"; helmet). These were issued to the lowliest soldiers of the Japanese War Lords (The Samurai). They were used by