Lot 3269

Description

Japan,?WWII Occupation, beer label, Dai Nippon Brewery Co Ltd, Beer, For Use of Allied Forces Only (also Japanese text), perforated at bottom, '11.15'; Kawana Hotel Beer Chit, reverse with Japanese stamp and stamped number 2245 (YMC.p24); also,?Korean war leaflet, Safe Conduct Pass, printed signature of James A. Van Fleet, Commanding General UN Forces in Korea. The first and last missing left top corner, the first and second with foxing, the third with bottom edge split and small piece of sticky tape on two sides as well as foxing, otherwise fine. (3)

Dai Nippon Brewery was eventually dismantled under U.S. military occupation post WWII. However, the brewery was enlisted to provide beer for the troops and the above label is of the type affixed to the bottles.