Original Japanese WWII Hand-Painted Silk Good Luck Flag with Lots of Family Signatures & Page of Translations - 26 x 29½” Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets however the SEMEGANE scabbard ring

however the SEMEGANE scabbard ring and large KOJIRI scabbard drag are of iron

This is an rank equivalent to a U

so they had no system of markings for privately purchased arms

dating from Queen Victoria's time

The shape and upwards turned brims on this example makes it an easily identifiable German variant

Original Japanese WWII Hand-Painted Silk Good Luck Flag with Lots of Family Signatures & Page of Translations - 26 x 29½” Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets however the SEMEGANE scabbard ringOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a great example of a Japanese Good Luck flag, with the names of roughly 112 of the friends and family of the departing soldier. Whats very interesting is that 57 of these names share the soldiers (Hiroharu Sotoyama) surname, making this an outstanding example. There are also some well wishes, with the largest at the top reading Prayers for Eternal Good Fortune in War. The flag measures roughly 26 x 29 1 2 and