Item: ONSV8540
Original Imperial Japanese Pre-WWII Ginyoku Best Sake Bottle 1800ML - Mitsubishi A6M Zero
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Original Item: Only One Available. This is a beautiful and rare late 1930 Ginyoku Japanese Best Sake 1800 milliliter brown glass bottle. The labels are lithographs with ultra-patriotic motifs. The upper label features two silver fighter aircraft Mitsubishi A6M Zero with Kanji characters and reads Japanese Best Sake GINYOKU, this label measures 5.5" by 1.5". The lower label also reads Japanese Best Sake and Trade Mark with more Kanji characters and a large silver military airplane Mitsubishi A6M Zero as well as a smaller one in the distance. This label measures 6" x 4.5". The thick brown glass bottle measures 15.75" tall and is offered in very good to excellent condition. This is a fantastic Imperial Japanese militaristic sake bottle dating from just before the attack on Pearl Harbor!
The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" was a long-range fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. The A6M was designated as the Mitsubishi Navy Type 0 carrier fighter (零式艦上戦闘機, rei-shiki-kanjō-sentōki), or the Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen. The A6M was usually referred to by its pilots as the Reisen (零戦, zero fighter), "0" being the last digit of the imperial year 2600 (1940) when it entered service with the Imperial Navy. The official Allied reporting name was "Zeke", although the name "Zero" (from Type 0) was used colloquially by the Allies as well.
The Zero is considered to have been the most capable carrier-based fighter in the world when it was introduced early in World War II, combining excellent maneuverability and very long range. The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) also frequently used it as a land-based fighter.
In early combat operations, the Zero gained a reputation as a dogfighter, achieving an outstanding kill ratio of 12 to 1,[4] but by mid-1942 a combination of new tactics and the introduction of better equipment enabled Allied pilots to engage the Zero on generally equal terms. By 1943, due to inherent design weaknesses, such as a lack of hydraulic ailerons and rudder rendering it extremely unmaneuverable at high speeds, and an inability to equip it with a more powerful aircraft engine, the Zero gradually became less effective against newer Allied fighters. By 1944, with opposing Allied fighters approaching its levels of maneuverability and consistently exceeding its firepower, armor, and speed, the A6M had largely become outdated as a fighter aircraft. However, as design delays and production difficulties hampered the introduction of newer Japanese aircraft models, the Zero continued to serve in a front-line role until the end of the war in the Pacific. During the final phases, it was also adapted for use in kamikaze operations. Japan produced more Zeros than any other model of combat aircraft during the war.
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