Original Japanese WWII Rising Sun Army War Cloth Flag (40" x 28") U.S. Navy which was Showa 1

which was Showa 1

Best of all is the officer's very high quality gilt Victorian era sword belt with hangers made almost entirely of gold gilt thread with red leather backing

The left side of the wood stock shows two very crisp Inspector's Cartouches and the entire weapon has been fully cleaned to it's very best Display condition

The work situations were primitive and the wounds

and the very rare MkIII has a single rivet

Original Japanese WWII Rising Sun Army War Cloth Flag (40" x 28") U.S. Navy which was Showa 1Original 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