Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 27 ¼” x 36” Category_Snider Rifle Accessories The chinstrap appears to have

The chinstrap appears to have the end tab shortened

Each County equipped its own constabularies so styles tended to vary

and may have been done by the field units themselves

Six regiments served extensively in Africa between 1940 and 1943 with many victories

The serial number is 125749A denoting the year of manufacture as 1883

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 27 ¼” x 36” Category_Snider Rifle Accessories The chinstrap appears to haveOriginal 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). With the sun in the center, this is a flag of the