Very Rare Japanese Army Burma - Thailand Railway Completion

This is a post-war commemorative item made to commemorate veterans of the 9th Railroad Regiment who came home after the war. The item itself is a railroad spike made of what looks to be copper. The words on the spike itself as "Thailand-Burma Connection Railway Completion Commemoration" "Showa 18th Year (1943) October

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Very Rare Japanese Army Burma - Thailand Railway Completion

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Very Rare Japanese Army Burma - Thailand Railway Completion

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Thai-Burma railway

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