A Japanese military sign at Kure with English translation

A black and white portrait photograph of a Japanese military sign at Kure. The sign is wooden and has a gable top (the apex out of frame). Japanese characters are painted on the top half of the sign with the following English translation painted on the lower half: 'NOTICE / Tresspassing, surveying, photo-graphing, sketching, modelling, etc., upon or of these premises with-out previous official permission are prohibited by the Military Secrets Protection Law / Any offender in htis regard will by punished by the same law / Ministry of the Navy / Sept 1937'. Some vegetation and sky is visible around the sides of the sign. Original caption (handwritten in ink beneath): 'NOTICE ON A.A. GUN SIGHT ON TOP OF MOUNTAIN OVERLOOKING KURE. 3000 FEET. 16 - 3 - 1947'

Object Details

ID: ALB0839.43
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1947
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London