ABOUT

Patrick Ian Howe Phillips was born in the German city of Bremerhaven in 1989, before being raised in Wayne County, Missouri. At seventeen he joined the United States Army, later serving in Afghanistan from 2012–2013 as a combat engineer. After leaving the Army, he attended nursing school and currently works as a registered nurse. Patrick has collected militaria since childhood and for the past several years has focused his collecting on Japanese militaria, especially personal items and field equipment. As a member of several Japanese militaria collectors’ groups, he often contributes articles on a range of collecting topics.

 

In 2022 Patrick published his first book Tobacco of the Emperor. It is an extensive analysis and catalog of hundreds of different brands of cigarettes used by the Japanese Empire during the Second World War, as well as the various occupied nations under Japanese control. Also featured in this lavishly illustrated volume are pipes, matches, ashtrays, cigarette lighters, and many original period photos.

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