Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 35” x 28” Brunswick Rifle SPECIFICATION M446a

SPECIFICATION M446a

You’ll never find another quite like it

as well as a faint number 16

There are some slight crossgrain scratches on the blade as well

George Edwin Lord

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 35” x 28” Brunswick Rifle SPECIFICATION M446aOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Rising Sun Flag ( Kyokujitsu ki) design was originally used by feudal warlords in Japan during the Edo period. On May 15, 1870, as a policy of the Meiji government, it was adopted as the war flag of the Imperial Japanese Army, and on October 7, 1889, it was adopted as the naval ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy (Naval flags have the sun off center to the left). With the sun in the center, this is a flag of the