Help I D this WWII Japanese aircraft I D tag

Factual Questions
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Our local museum was given an I D Tag reportedly taken from a Japanese aircraft. Is there anyone on the Dope who may be able to decipher it?

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4658/40348898611_85ee26c4b1_k.jpgI D Tag by Noel Hankamer, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4742/39637763444_b9f4acbb0b_k.jpgI D Tag rotated by Noel Hankamer, on Flickr

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‘Type 89 10cm Antiaircraft Binoculars Tripod’. ‘Type 89’ refers to equipment introduced in 1929.

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A picture of that type of binoculars is item 41 on this link, though you can’t see much of the tripod
http://sky.geocities.jp/sougankyousuki/pg136.html

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Thank you ! i will advise the museum. I am still going to attempt to verify the info.

5

You’ve also got it lying on its side. Rotate 90 degrees clockwise.

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I have it both ways.

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Corry El is correct. Good find.

The Japanese is as follows:

八九式 Model (or type) 89
十糎 10 cm note*
對空　antiaircraft
雙眼鏡 binoculars note**
三脚架 tripod

These are using pre-war traditional kanji, or characters. Japanese currently use:
＊十センチ
＊＊双眼鏡

You actually rotated it so it’s upside down. The sign needs to be mounted rotated 90 deg clockwise. The writing is vertical.

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How about this one? Model 89 (1929) 10-cm AA spotting binoculars.

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Wiki talks about the model or type designations for Japanese war equipment.

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Just on the minor note of ‘model’ v ‘type’. The characters 式 and 型, (in Chinese, Japanese or Korean) can each be translated as either ‘type’ or ‘model’, among other things, depending. However the predominant convention has become over the decades to translate the first as ‘type’ and the second as ‘model’ when dealing with Japanese military designations of the WWII era. So for example the newer a/c equipping IJN fighter units in December 1941 was designated, in kanji, 零式艦上戦闘機二一型. The first two are generally translated ‘Type 0’ (actually ‘0 Type’), the next five as ‘carrier fighter’ and the last three as ‘Model 21’ (‘21 Model’).

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I thank everyone for the help. We will correct the museum display.

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Don’t you hate it when you solve a mystery and it is much less interesting because of it? (I’m looking at you, bamboo sushi discs!)

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Yes.
It was a minor disappointment to the museum that it had been displayed and described incorrectly. We will keep it in the display of WWII memorabilia brought home by local soldiers.