Original Japanese WWII Temple-Stamped Hand-Painted Silk Good Luck Flag with Signatures - 27 ½ x 32” German Mauser 98k K98 a 1917 plan to advance

a 1917 plan to advance up the coast

The serial Number 77375 can be found on the barrel

and also on the bright steel bolt

Whitamore was shot down and killed but Peart survived for over half an hour

The rest of the metalwork is in a similar condition

Original Japanese WWII Temple-Stamped Hand-Painted Silk Good Luck Flag with Signatures - 27 ½ x 32” German Mauser 98k K98 a 1917 plan to advanceOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a Japanese Good Luck flag, with the signatures of either a friend or family member or the soldier who carried it, with one signature in the bottom right corner that appears to be a location, Ishido machi, Hakata. The large well wish message over the sun appears to be a form of Prayers for Eternal Good Fortune in War, with one added character that may change part of it. Below this is a