Original Japanese WWII Silk Rising Sun Army War Flag (36” x 27”) MP 40 the 2nd Battalion of the

the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Infantry suffered the first American casualties of the war

The interior top panel is finished in orange/brown cloth and the remainder of the interior is also finished in orange/brown satin

Its some 25 improvements included a new bayonet and lug

against the flank of the invading German Army

Original Japanese WWII Silk Rising Sun Army War Flag (36” x 27”) MP 40 the 2nd Battalion of 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). This is a silk single panel rising sun flag