in this marshall plan it was required for import to USA these ladles, sticker ect where on 87% of any given item shipped here , pottery, basket sewing machines, anything.. from the east or west.... for a 7years.
SM starting being made in Japan in 1946 for export to eh USA , but none where shipped until 1947 ( so they say) so these labels would have dated a machine between 47 to 54. The story goes these started with made in Japan , well sale were very low no one wanted anything to do with Japanese products, so the label change about hale way into the Marshall plan to made in occupied japes in hope buyers would think this meant more on the lines, That the USA won the war and had taken over japan
If this is true, then one having occupied would be on the latter end of the plan. somewhere I also have one that is just made in japan on a sticker and is like the black one pic's has no feed dog drop ,, even not under the bed