Very Rare Antique Japanese Military WW2 Repair Ship Akashi Southern Pacific Tour Lacquer Sake Cups

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Very Rare Antique Japanese Military WW2 Repair Ship Akashi Southern Pacific Tour Lacquer Sake CupsThis is a very rare set of antique Japanese military sake cups, made of lacquered wood. The words on the cup are "Warship Akashi Southern Pacific Patrol Commemoration". Akashi was the only ship in the Imperial Japanese Navy that was purpose built for repair duties. It was modeled after the American ship USS Medusa and launched in 1938 and completed in 1939, just in time for the war. It spent most of the war in various parts of South Pacific, such as

The words are "Army Medic Department" "Discharge Commemoration"

decorated with a warship and a plane on the exterior circle of the dish

Condition: Excellent - light discoloration of the gold

The colors of the flag have somehow become metallic looking due to age

Condition: Mint aside from discoloration

decorated with a horse's head inside a cherry blossom shape

25" across

The sailor's name Moro is on the back

cherry blossoms

and on the sides are a Japanese shinto torii

decorated with an anti-aircraft gun

decorated with a star