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Proving Absence of IJA Bogus Specs and Fantasy Items

German militaria used to be plagued with fantasy items that never existed, and as crooks will smilingly point out, “Absence of proof is not always proof of absence.”, a tricky problem with these is that it is very difficult to prove that such a thing was never issued in Germany. On the other hand, proving that something did exist is fairly easy, as a long trail of paperwork is generated for getting an item on the production line, not to say anything about things like photographic records.

I am actually an expert in this subject, as specification management, tracking and pricing were parts of my daily job for the first 3.5 years of my corporate life at Toyota. 1980 was still the pre-Windows era, so the manual paper-pushing was still unchanged and identical to that of the IJA of WW2, only the paper quality was better and language was more often in English.

I will show you here, what kind of paper trail got created when the Japanese army introduced a new uniform item or updated specifications of that item. You will see that the system was meticulous and tight enough even to flush out fantasy items or fantasy specs.

What legal structure is the suspect item subject to?

Uniform items of the army were either launched under the sole authority of the Emperor, in the legal form of an Edict (勅令, Chokurei) or by the Minister of the Army as an Army Ordinance (陸達, Rikutatsu). Military uniform items that symbolically represented the outward appearance of the national army were treated with the same reverence as a national flag, requiring the Emperor’s approval, so these could only be introduced and changed by Edict, while uniform items with lesser impact on overall image, like shirts, could be launched as Ordinances.

Whether an Edict or an Army Ordinance, both were made public through announcements in government gazettes that were issued almost daily like a regular newspaper. Edicts were “front page” news, followed closely after by army and navy ordinances. Any regulation item featured in this publication was followed and executed to the letter as they were legally binding rules from which even minor departures were not tolerated. Introductions, changes and discontinuations were all recorded in the gazette publications. As such, each item had a birth certificate, School diploma and obituary, which are totally traceable.

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Hi All - someone selling this pair as a WW2 German Wehrmacht low ankle boots - I have some doubts…
I looked around in the forum and the internet - looks similar, but some differences (like the sole for exmpl.)
Can anyone confirm this?
Cheers,
Fabe

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