Help identifying WWII Japanese Player/card/photo

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Posted By: ThePaper

Hi. I located this photo card in a Japanese soldier's WWII photo album. The album had all regular photos of different sizes etc...

Then I came across this card. It is more card stock than photo stock. The back has similar stock to a 1921 American Caramel card.

The front has a photo incircled with the outline of a baseball glove. It is all one surface. The photo portion is NOT cut out and glued to the card. It is similar surface/finish as an Old Judge card.

The writng is raised white lettering, and it says M. Nakamura. Underneath that it says Kanazawa.

I can't quite make out the name on the uniform.

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Posted By: Paul

Prestige Collectibles had one or two cards like that in an auction within the last year. I'm not sure if it was before or after the company changed ownership. You might contact them and see if they have any information. That mitt design is real distinctive.