Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 27 ½ x 37 ¼” French Holster showing signs of past fouling

showing signs of past fouling and oxidation

Our example looks to have seen a good amount of use in service

Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" May 12

+ as this example is marked indicates 0

There is also a Kogatana with this wakizashi

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 27 ½ x 37 ¼” French Holster showing signs of past foulingOriginal 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