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Japanese hallmarks
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 12:02 am
by kangaroo
I inherited two 100 Gram scale weights which were used by the Japanese Imperial forces during WW2 to measure out the daily rice allocation to troops.
They are hallmarked with characters as seen in the pictures at the following link.
http://users.tpg.com.au/agnet/info%20page.htmlI am unsure if the weights are silver plated brass or silver.
I would appreciate any information regarding the marks.
Re: Japanese hallmarks
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 2:30 am
by dognose
Hi,
Welcome to the Forum.
You will have a far greater chance of getting a response if you embed your images. Very few people will click on such links.
Trev.
Re: Japanese hallmarks
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 4:18 am
by kangaroo
I tried to do that but couldn't figure out how?
What's the procedure - please.
Cheers Rob
Re: Japanese hallmarks
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 5:01 am
by dognose
Hi Rob,
The below should help you:
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viewtopic.php?f=61&t=37974&p=103282#p103282Trev.
Re: Japanese hallmarks
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:08 am
by AG2012
Hi,
Images embedded. Let`s wait for responses.
Regards
Re: Japanese hallmarks
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 6:56 am
by kangaroo
Thanks for helping out.
Cheers Rob
Re: Japanese hallmarks
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 10:53 pm
by Yojik
The kanji in the middle are 東京 (Tokyo). As can be seen, they are written from the right to left, and not the opposite, so the piece is made before WW2.
The top kanji is 正 (masa), means "correct/precise".
Here are some scale weight with similar marks. Hope you can continue your research from here.
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