Original U.S. WWII US Marine Captured Japanese Flag From Battle of Okinawa, Sugar Loaf Hill - Captured May 18, 1945 and Personalized by Silver Star Recipient 1st LT Francis X. Smith, 6th Marine Division MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets with some crushing in of

with some crushing in of the bell

most likely being used as a utility knife in the field

preventing the hammer from being moved to full cock until the safety is disengaged

finely pebble grained panels

Bakelite or early plastic boxed instrument in a sickly mottled lime green with fancy sound grill in silvered metal and 25 keys (10 black and 15 white) on the fingerboard

Original U.S. WWII US Marine Captured Japanese Flag From Battle of Okinawa, Sugar Loaf Hill - Captured May 18, 1945 and Personalized by Silver Star Recipient 1st LT Francis X. Smith, 6th Marine Division MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets with some crushing in ofOriginal Item: One Of A Kind. Now this is an absolutely incredible piece of Marine Corps history and the hellish Battle for Okinawa. The flag was captured on May 18, 1945, the same date written in the Silver Star citation for 1st Lieutenant Francis Xavier Smith, Platoon Commander, Company D, 2nd Battalion 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division. Lt Smith enlisted on September 11, 1942 and went to Officer Candidate School the following year to train