Original WWII Japanese Silk 10th Marine Regiment and 13th Marines Captured Hand Painted Flag Antique Wheellock Firearms on Arsenal Island in Rock

on Arsenal Island in Rock Island

Original walnut grips are still intact and complete and cartouche on right grip is still visible

and is hand painted with multiple signatures and phrases in Japanese

SIR BICKHAM SWEET-ESCOTT

II Bayonet with colonial issue brass fitted scabbard

Original WWII Japanese Silk 10th Marine Regiment and 13th Marines Captured Hand Painted Flag Antique Wheellock Firearms on Arsenal Island in RockOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an exceptional Word War Two Japanese flag, captured by USMC soldiers and turned into a victory flag by a local Japanese artist. During WW2 the During the War the 10th Marine Regiment under the command of the 2nd Marine Division was involved in the assault on Guadalcanal and later took part in the bloody battles of Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa. The 13th Marines under the command of the 5th Marine Division