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These are based on on WW II japanese naval insignias. On the one used *here*, the anchor was always golden and defaced with a sakura flower in the branch colours. the actual rank was indicated by thins bar over them.

For the officers, these are based on design worn either as collar tabs or as shoulder boards. I thought they would look good as cuff rings. The actual ones they wore *here* were the omnipresent british style.