Original 19th Century Japanese Late Edo Period Lacquered Flat Jingasa Helmet Shell German Field Gear Caliber: N/A

Caliber: N/A

clubs and shields faced off to the British Martini Henry Rifles

Also include with this set is a binder with 164 pages of the history of the 613th

This appears to have been made on board a US Navy vessel from scrap brass

Original 19th Century Japanese Late Edo Period Lacquered Flat Jingasa Helmet Shell German Field Gear Caliber: N/AOriginal Item: Only One Available. A KASA () is any one of several sorts of traditional Japanese hats. Some types are amigasa, jingasa, sandogasa, sugegasa, and takuhatsugasa. Note that rendaku ("sequential voicing") causes kasa to change to gasa when it is preceded by another word specifying the type of hat: thus, JINGASA ( "camp hat"; helmet). These were issued to the lowliest soldiers of the Japanese War Lords (The Samurai). They were used by