Original Japanese WWII Silk Rising Sun Army War Flag (36” x 27”) MP 40 and suffered heavy casualties from

and suffered heavy casualties from a withering hail of machine-gun fire from the Turkish defenders

due in part to lack of initiative by the American corps commander

against the flank of the invading German Army

with thousands of rounds in the wagons 400 yards in rear

Original Japanese WWII Silk Rising Sun Army War Flag (36” x 27”) MP 40 and suffered heavy casualties fromOriginal 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