Original Imperial Japanese WWII Rising Sun Flag Captured by 11th Airborne 1st Sergeant Michael J. Kerley - 127th Parachute Infantry Regiment - 46 x 60” German Mauser 98k K98 possibly from moth damage

possibly from moth damage

but the force became separated and the Liberators bombed the Fiume oil refinery instead

During the Finnish Winter War

and tabbed to become the Chief of Staff to the Commander of the newly formed 20th Armoured Division

Kuribayashi could not compete in the automation craze of the 1970s

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Rising Sun Flag Captured by 11th Airborne 1st Sergeant Michael J. Kerley - 127th Parachute Infantry Regiment - 46 x 60” German Mauser 98k K98 possibly from moth damageOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a fantastic example of a scarcely seen Rising Sun flag. 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