Original Japanese WWII Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Rising Sun, Temple Stamps, and Sewn in Coins Ammunition The grip is a wood

The grip is a wood based type having outstanding original Moroccan blue leather covering

Draper Kauffman was transferred from Fort Pierce to command UDT 5 and serve as senior staff officer

VFA-213 joined Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) and made 9 deployments to Vietnam and the Western Pacific aboard USS Kitty Hawk as follows:

Silicon Carbide (medium weight)

1814 Due to the timing of the date this set was almost certainly commissioned to commemorate his promotion to Rear Admiral

Original Japanese WWII Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Rising Sun, Temple Stamps, and Sewn in Coins Ammunition The grip is a woodOriginal 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