Japan, Empire. An Imperial Japanese Navy Vehicle Licence Plate

Fabricated 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 between the anchor and the "4", all four corners are angled and containing die-holes for attachment to the vehicle, measuring 350 mm (w) x 155 mm (h), exhibiting some surface wear and rust, better than very fine.