Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Rising Sun War Flag - 36” x 24 ½” British Flare Guns left to assume command of

left to assume command of the 99th Combat Wing

Above is the firm's name in an arc

A very similar Spontoon with the same crowned leaping horse engraving is illustrated in SWORDS AND BLADES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by George C

With this many names and locations it may be possible to determine the unit that captured and signed this flag

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Rising Sun War Flag - 36” x 24 ½” British Flare Guns left to assume command ofOriginal 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), the sun in the center would be for Army use. This