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Sake Cups For Soldier Drafted Into 54th Infantry Imperial Japanese Army 歩兵五四大現記念:
$40.00
Text around the rim of the larger cup reads \"54th infantry duty commemoration\".
現 is an abbreviation for 現役 \"Active duty\" and in this context with 現役記念 indicates \"conscription commemoration\". 54th infantry indicates 54th infantry regiment which was active in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War 2.
The original owner of these cups was drafted into the 54th infantry regiment of the Imperial Japanese Army and received these cups some time before the end of WW2, likely in the 1930s.
