Vintage Nenita Unit Commemorative Plaque — El Oro Philippines — Skull & Crossbones

Large vintage Philippine commemorative wall plaque bearing the Nenita name and skull-and-crossbones insignia, with El Oro / Jose J. Tupaz Jr. maker identification.

• Subject: Nenita Unit / Nenita Force tradition
• Maker: El Oro, Philippine jeweler and metal engraver; the photographed maker identification is consistent with Jose J. Tupaz Jr.
• Construction: Applied painted metal emblem on wood
• Size: Approximately 23 in. tall × 18 in. wide
• Historical context: The Nenita Unit operated in the post-WWII anti-Huk campaign and is documented as using a skull-and-crossbones emblem.

Dating/provenance note: The plaque is not represented as a WWII battlefield artifact or as a piece manufactured during the unit’s 1946–1949 operational period. El Oro documents its heraldic and medal production from the early 1950s onward, so the safer attribution is a later commemorative military-history plaque unless contemporaneous paperwork establishes otherwise.

An older research sheet acquired with the plaque is included as collection history, not independent proof of manufacture date or service provenance. Review all photographs for maker marks, construction and exact condition.