Original Japanese WWII Silk Rising Sun Army War Flag (36” x 27”) Category_Martini-Henry Accessories a really interesting detail is

a really interesting detail is the later part of the barrel marking that normally reads U

we believe this is a marking for SOUTH CAROLINA placed on the musket by the Confederate state before the U

On 22 December 1890

the British arrived

on the reverse:

Original Japanese WWII Silk Rising Sun Army War Flag (36” x 27”) Category_Martini-Henry Accessories a really interesting detail isOriginal 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). This is a silk single panel rising sun flag