20 Years of Collecting - Imperial Japanese Inert Ordnance

[Airborne-Hunter]

Over the last twenty years I have been fortunate to run across quite a bit of Japanese inert ordnance related items. And over the last month, for whatever reason, more has come out than I have ever found in such a short time frame. 

I'd like to start this thread off with the most recent find. This group originally came out of an estate sale and wound up at the areas largest flea market last week. It consists of three fuzes. One has its original Japanese shipping tin while two are in their original US bring home box dated 1945. The internal divider inside the box clearly bears a US Navy Contract number and each side has an original tag certifying each as inert. The tag mentions US Naval Amphibious Base 807 (NAB 807). This base was located on Ebeye Island which is about 5 miles North of Kwajalein. This coincides well with the writing on the top of the box. The fuzes are basically new old stock rendered inert and shipped home. Unfortunately, the name of the vet who brought these back has been lost to time. 

I will post more, better, images of these when I pull out the rest to showcase a comparison in the coming days. Best ABN

[Mr.Jerry]

Nice finds! coming across one is a red letter day- let alone a pile of them - funny how things come in spurts.

[doyler]

Great Find.

[Fortunes Of War]

Beautiful looking fuses; and with the bring back tags!  Nice!!