British Army housewife
Accession Number NWHRM : 3129
Description
British Army housewife or sewing kit; this contained five Royal Norfolk Regiment cap badges when taken from the body of a Japanese soldier killed by the 2nd Battalion in Kohima, Assam on the 4th May 1944
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It is assumed that the Japanese soldier's collection came from the 4th, 5th or 6th Battalions of the Royal Norfolk regiment at Singapore in 1942. See NWHRM : 1963 for the mounted badge
Measurements
132 mm
Department
Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum