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Japan. Wooden Identification Tag for Field Equipment of Soldier Koichi Kitano.
During the Second World War, the Imperial Japanese Army used wooden tablets as identification tags. These pieces had several functions: they could replace the soldiers’ metal dog tags near the end of the war, identify the owner of field equipment, serve as good-luck charms, or simply act as serial numbers for military gear.
This particular tag bears the inscription “Mr. Koichi Kitano” (北野公一) on the front and “Yoshitaka Ishida” (石田善) on the reverse. It was most likely used to identify the field equipment belonging to the soldier Koichi Kitano.
