Japan, Empire. An Imperial Japanese Navy Vehicle Licence Plate Hold flaw in the white enamelling

flaw in the white enamelling on one ray of the Breast Star

situated above a grade institution date of “1890”

a tree and flag at the left

" on the bottom edge

Japan, Empire. An Imperial Japanese Navy Vehicle Licence Plate Hold flaw in the white enamellingFabricated from a heavy gauge steel, magnetic, the edges folded over onto the reverse, the obverse with three stencilled images in white paint that include a kanji character in the centre, flanked by an anchor on the left and a number "5" at the right, the markings appearing to be a second set of markings overlapping the original first set of blacked out markings that included a ghosted anchor and the number "4" slightly visible along with other items