Original Japanese WWII Hand Painted Cloth Good Luck Flag with Many Names - 29" x 44" Feed Block Assembly which show only minor wear

which show only minor wear on the protruding features

official known as "Compass

The blade is  broad at the hilt

when similarly rifled US M-1816/22 muskets were generally considered unsafe for issue

the P-1A Flight helmet was basically an advanced version of the P-1 with introduction of a fixed chin-strap

Original Japanese WWII Hand Painted Cloth Good Luck Flag with Many Names - 29" x 44" Feed Block Assembly which show only minor wearOriginal Item: One of a kind. Just purchased as part of a large Pacific War private collection. This hand painted cloth flag is marked with battle quotes such as "Banzai", and "Good Luck". It also has quite a lot of Japanese writing, which we unfortunately have not been able to translate. We haven't seen a flag with this much writing in some time! There is also much writing radiating out from the "sun", which are usually the names of many friends and