WWII Imperial Japanese Navy 1930 Fleet Review Pewter Dish / Battleship

  

This pewter dish commemorates the 1930 Imperial Japanese Navy Fleet Review, held off the coast of Kobe (Hyogo Prefecture) during the early Showa era. Engraved with a silhouette of a Japanese battleship and surrounded by kanji inscriptions, it was crafted by the Osaka-based metalware maker Shobido and bears an artisan's seal on the reverse. This was not just any parade-it marked the first Special Grand Maneuvers Fleet Review under Emperor Showa (Hirohito). It was a display of naval modernization after Japan's withdrawal from post-WWI disarmament treaties.

Battleships, cruisers, and aircraft carriers gathered for this dramatic show of force, with the Emperor himself reviewing the fleet. Held in the tense interwar period-just a year before Japan's invasion of Manchuria-the 1930 review was both celebration and signal. This commemorative dish was likely issued only to official guests, officers, or participants, making it a rare non-commercial artifact from a turning point in Japanese naval history. Own a Piece of History.

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