Size 220 x 101 mm.
Height 110 mm.
Weight 217.5 g.
Height 110 mm.
Weight 217.5 g.
South Manchurian Railway Company Manchurian Incident Commemorative Sumida Railway Armored Car Paperweight/南満洲鉄道株式会社満洲事变記念文鎮
満洲事變記念 - Manchurian Incident Commemorative
南満州鉄道株式會社- South Manchuria Railway Company
Designed by a famous Japanese sculptor Fumio Asakura (朝倉 文夫, Asakura Fumio, March 1, 1883 – April 18, 1964).
Original case.
Paperweights were manufactured by the Ikoma workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-marks-and-history-of-ikoma-workshop.20961/
Paperweights were manufactured by the Ikoma workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-marks-and-history-of-ikoma-workshop.20961/
The Sumida M.2593 (Type 91) was an armoured car produced by the Empire of Japan in the 1930s. It could operate on both the roadway and railway lines. There were two main versions of the Sumida M.2593 produced. The Type 91 armoured railroad car was used by the army and the Sumida Model P armored car was used by the Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) of the navy.
Designed by the Sumiya firm, beginning in 1933 the M.2593 was produced at the Ishikawajima Motor Works. A defining feature of this vehicle is that its six road wheels could be exchanged for flanged railway wheels. When not in use, the tires would be secured to the sides of the hull. It had four built-in jacks to raise the vehicle when the wheels were changed. It would take ten to twenty minutes to change the wheels. The front and rear sets of wheels could even be adjusted to various rail gauges. The car was capable of 25 mph (40 km/h) on road and traveling at higher speeds on rails, going up to 37 mph (60 km/h).
The car was successful in covering great distances in the 1937 invasion of China. They were also used in Manchuria, to "guard railway lines". They could be coupled together and operate on the rails like "rolling stock". This led them to be used in joint operations with trains and were used for reconnaissance by the army. The M.2593 had a crew of six men, and was armed with either one 6.5 mm machine gun or one 7.7 mm machine gun. A total of 1,000 units of all versions of this armoured car were produced.
Designed by the Sumiya firm, beginning in 1933 the M.2593 was produced at the Ishikawajima Motor Works. A defining feature of this vehicle is that its six road wheels could be exchanged for flanged railway wheels. When not in use, the tires would be secured to the sides of the hull. It had four built-in jacks to raise the vehicle when the wheels were changed. It would take ten to twenty minutes to change the wheels. The front and rear sets of wheels could even be adjusted to various rail gauges. The car was capable of 25 mph (40 km/h) on road and traveling at higher speeds on rails, going up to 37 mph (60 km/h).
The car was successful in covering great distances in the 1937 invasion of China. They were also used in Manchuria, to "guard railway lines". They could be coupled together and operate on the rails like "rolling stock". This led them to be used in joint operations with trains and were used for reconnaissance by the army. The M.2593 had a crew of six men, and was armed with either one 6.5 mm machine gun or one 7.7 mm machine gun. A total of 1,000 units of all versions of this armoured car were produced.
Full set with original paper inlay.
満洲事變記念 - Manchurian Incident Commemorative
南満州鉄道株式會社- South Manchuria Railway Company
満洲事變記念 - Manchurian Incident Commemorative
南満州鉄道株式會社- South Manchuria Railway Company