Original Japanese WWII Good Luck Silk Flag German Navy - Kreigsmarine 4 (4th Kevyt Osasto) rapidly

4 (4th Kevyt Osasto) rapidly acquired the nickname Belaya Smjert

Quite different from the US WW2 issue

The casing is dramatically distorted

although the radium that produced the luminosity has now expired

Original Japanese WWII Good Luck Silk Flag German Navy - Kreigsmarine 4 (4th Kevyt Osasto) rapidlyOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a hand printed silk flag from WW2 Japan. It has the classic meatball red circle at center with white (now off white) background and measures approximately 32 x 24. Frayed at the corners with slight damage to the interior, this was used by a soldier for prayers and good luck. The Japanese call their country's flag hinomaru, which translates literally to "sun round", referencing the red circle on a white field. The