Original Japanese WWII Service Used Cloth Rising Sun Imperial Army War Flag - 28 ½” x 33 ½ Lock Assembly but First Battalion had the

but First Battalion had the honor of helping win one of the great victories of the war

retained by 3 rivets on one side

The marking indicates that the helmet was produced by J & J Maxfield & Sons Ltd "M" using steel from Samuel Osborne & Co Ltd "O"

The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan

Original Japanese WWII Service Used Cloth Rising Sun Imperial Army War Flag - 28 ½” x 33 ½ Lock Assembly but First Battalion had theOriginal 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