Original WWII Imperial Japanese Rising Sun Army War Flag with Corner Reinforcements - 23" x 36" Swords All four barrels are labeled

All four barrels are labeled

PATENT directly in front of the infantry rear sight

In the late 1920s the navy began to form Special Naval Landing Forces as standing regiments (albeit of battalion size)

displaying the ᛋᛋ doppelte Siegrune (Double Sig/Victory Rune) symbol of the SS

Original Items: One-of-a-kind-Set

Original WWII Imperial Japanese Rising Sun Army War Flag with Corner Reinforcements - 23" x 36" Swords All four barrels are labeledOriginal 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