Original Japanese WWII Comfort Bag Mirror With Picture - Victory Mirror
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Original Item: Only One Available. A comfort bag (慰問袋, imon-bukuro) was a gift packet prepared by civilians to be sent to Imperial Japanese Military soldiers for the purpose of encouraging them. An imonbukuro, or “comfort bag”, what we would now call a “care package”, was used to send small gifts to the troops. The bag contained comfort articles (慰問品, imon-hin) not issued by the Japanese Military, such as toiletries, dried fruits, canned foods, and letters of encouragement and victory mirrors like this one. The bags were prepared by schoolgirls or local patriotic women's societies. These activities were also made in Korea, which was then under Japanese rule, to encourage Korean soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Military.
The mirror/picture combo comes with the original box it was in when sent with the comfort bags. The cover of the box features 4 very happy Japanese soldiers waving a flag and showing each of their mirrors and pictures to eachother. The top features Japanese characters and translates loosely to “Victory Mirror”. The box and mirror are in great condition without any damage. The mirror is free of cracks and scuffs and the opposite side has a black and white picture of a pretty Japanese woman.
This is a very unique and beautiful item and comes ready to display in your WWII Japanese collections, or can be used to complete a imonbukuro you might have!
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