Original Japanese WWII Rising Sun Navy War Cloth Flag (55" x 42") Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts 172 Squadron RAF undergoing servicing

172 Squadron RAF undergoing servicing at Lagens airfield during 1944

Susannah Amelia Gardner

this is an exceptional

There is some rust on the blade body

after a period

Original Japanese WWII Rising Sun Navy War Cloth Flag (55" x 42") Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts 172 Squadron RAF undergoing servicingOriginal 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). Neither of these flags are common on the market,