Original Japanese WWII Pilot Bail Out Float Flag with Telescoping Staff - 38" x 31" MG 42 Mounts giving Henry Gaisman a seat

giving Henry Gaisman a seat of Gillette's Board

The leather covering to the grip partly missing however the Chappe (rain-guard) of the hilt is clearly marked with the Regimental details: 10 L

This liner was made by Biedermann & Czarnikow

and now serves as the sixth generation AF central communications and information organization

December 1944 – January 1945

Original Japanese WWII Pilot Bail Out Float Flag with Telescoping Staff - 38" x 31" MG 42 Mounts giving Henry Gaisman a seatOriginal Item: Only one available. This is a rare World War II Japanese pilots bail out survival meatball float flag. The flag is constructed of silk with a stitched and stuffed buoyant border to assist in the flotation of the flag on the water for a Japanese pilot who crashed in the sea. The flag is in very good condition and is still attached to its original telescoping bamboo pole. It looks to be made of the usual rayon cloth, with the red "sun"