Japanese WWII Enameled Steel Navy Bowl Battlefield Recovered
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $45.00

Original era manufacture. 65 inch diameter stamped steel food bowl with a blue white enameled finish. On the bottom can be clearly seen the anchor emblem of the IJN. This bowl was recovered from the island of Peleliu in the 1980s. It was told to us by the individual who found them, that the bowls were discovered in stacks in caves occupied by the Japanese defenders. Scattered damage to the enamel finish, no holes.