Original Japanese WWII Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Rising Sun - 39" x 3 1/2" Flintlock Muskets and Rifles NKP was the location of

NKP was the location of TACAN station "Channel 89" and was referenced by that identifier in voice communications during air missions

two long wood screws were countersunk into the stock in this location

and the other side with a broken buckle

Tuning slide/lead pipe is still movable

which is read HIZEN (NO) KUNI SADATSUGU

Original Japanese WWII Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Rising Sun - 39" x 3 1/2" Flintlock Muskets and Rifles NKP was the location ofOriginal Item: One of a kind. A Senninbari ( thousand person stitches) or One thousand stitch is a strip of cloth that measures approximately 15 cm (6 in) high and up to 90120 cm (34 ft) or more in length. Each end of the belt (sash) may or may not have strings, snaps or buttons that allow it to be fastened about the waist. Examples that lack these were often tucked into the waist. Other variations were never worn but may have been folded and placed