Original Japanese WWII Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Rising Sun & Kanji - 28" x 6" U.S. Military Maps resulting in limited sales

resulting in limited sales

but overall they are in great shape

soft and supple with no signs of any sort of leather conditioner or “preservative” having ever been applied

A very interesting and rare award from WWII

While the fleet was consolidating in Wilhelmshaven

Original Japanese WWII Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Rising Sun & Kanji - 28" x 6" U.S. Military Maps resulting in limited salesOriginal Item: One of a kind. A Senninbari ( thousand person stitches) or One thousand stitch is a strip of cloth that measures approximately 15 cm (6 in) high and up to 90120 cm (34 ft) or more in length. Each end of the belt (sash) may or may not have strings, snaps or buttons that allow it to be fastened about the waist. Examples that lack these were often tucked into the waist. Other variations were never worn but may have been folded and placed