Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 27 x 36” Antique Gun Parts and the hilt is somewhat

and the hilt is somewhat loose

possibly for attachment to a belt

Waist Gunner (35216196)

and a stain at one end

Still there is some oxidation and pitting still remaining on the blade near the end

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 27 x 36” Antique Gun Parts and the hilt is somewhatOriginal 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