The weather here has not been cooperative to taking clear outdoor photos of bottles the last couple days. Heavy tropical rain has been falling off and on, several inches overnight. I did catch a break this morning and went out to photo the other Dai Nippon bottle.
First for Hemihampton - I found my first ever WW2 beer can! It was in better shape than I expected:
I found it tucked away under a large rock. This is what happens to something made out of metal (steel) after being left in a tropical jungle for 70 years with 90 degree heat and 90 percent humidity 24/7/365. Sorry 'bout that - I really doubt I will find any beer cans unless they were kept in someone's home as a collection.
Here is the newer Dai Nippon bottle (1945-49 era):
You see the circle embossing just below the neck? That and the shape tell me right away that this is a Dai Nippon Brewery bottle. The circle (often with a dot in the center) signifies the sun and is a trademark logo.
Here is the base:
You can see the diamond "N" - the other marks are probably mold marks. I will try to get photos of the older wartime Dai Nippon beer bottles I have in my collection. There are big variations in embossing but the bottle shape remained the same.
FYI I think Nippon Glass Works is a separate company from Dai Nippon. I think the beer manufacturer made their own beer bottles until the end of WW2, then the company was broken up - anti trust type laws - while under US occupation.
While out and about, some more stuff I stumbled across:
This is a large Japanese WW2 sake bottle. They are somewhat rare, but I find them from time to time. These are large - perhaps 16 inches tall and 7 inches in diameter. This is as I found it - even after 70 years. The jungle floor is all limestone rock and there is only a couple inches of dirt and leaf matter so nothing gets buried and it all sits as it was dropped.
This is the frame from a broken B-29 bomber blister window. Found near the WW2 bomber base Northwest Field.
UXO - relatively common on Guam. This is either an artillery or naval shell that failed to explode. I laid the pen down for scale. Obviously I never touch UXO - theoretically it is still live and could explode but the reality is that I could probably throw it onto a concrete floor and it would only break into pieces.
First for Hemihampton - I found my first ever WW2 beer can! It was in better shape than I expected:
I found it tucked away under a large rock. This is what happens to something made out of metal (steel) after being left in a tropical jungle for 70 years with 90 degree heat and 90 percent humidity 24/7/365. Sorry 'bout that - I really doubt I will find any beer cans unless they were kept in someone's home as a collection.
Here is the newer Dai Nippon bottle (1945-49 era):
You see the circle embossing just below the neck? That and the shape tell me right away that this is a Dai Nippon Brewery bottle. The circle (often with a dot in the center) signifies the sun and is a trademark logo.
Here is the base:
You can see the diamond "N" - the other marks are probably mold marks. I will try to get photos of the older wartime Dai Nippon beer bottles I have in my collection. There are big variations in embossing but the bottle shape remained the same.
FYI I think Nippon Glass Works is a separate company from Dai Nippon. I think the beer manufacturer made their own beer bottles until the end of WW2, then the company was broken up - anti trust type laws - while under US occupation.
While out and about, some more stuff I stumbled across:
This is a large Japanese WW2 sake bottle. They are somewhat rare, but I find them from time to time. These are large - perhaps 16 inches tall and 7 inches in diameter. This is as I found it - even after 70 years. The jungle floor is all limestone rock and there is only a couple inches of dirt and leaf matter so nothing gets buried and it all sits as it was dropped.
This is the frame from a broken B-29 bomber blister window. Found near the WW2 bomber base Northwest Field.
UXO - relatively common on Guam. This is either an artillery or naval shell that failed to explode. I laid the pen down for scale. Obviously I never touch UXO - theoretically it is still live and could explode but the reality is that I could probably throw it onto a concrete floor and it would only break into pieces.
