Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Rising Sun War Flag - 36” x 24 ½” British Flare Guns Above is the firm's name

Above is the firm's name in an arc

A very similar Spontoon with the same crowned leaping horse engraving is illustrated in SWORDS AND BLADES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by George C

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with only a bit of plating loss

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Rising Sun War Flag - 36” x 24 ½” British Flare Guns Above is the firm's nameOriginal 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), the sun in the center would be for Army use. This