Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Rising Sun War Flag - 13½ x 16½” Brown Bess The pistol has an iron

The pistol has an iron trigger guard and front plate

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The leather is mostly intact

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Rising Sun War Flag - 13½ x 16½” Brown Bess The pistol has an ironOriginal 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