Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun War Flag - 37” x 27” German Helmets & Hats Aside from reliably lighting cigarettes

Aside from reliably lighting cigarettes

The hanger ring itself is maker marked with LDO-number 65 for Klein & Quenzer A

The majority were placed in storage and sold as surplus without having ever been issued

It was a feed mechanism which was easily loaded from standard 20-round ammunition boxes

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun War Flag - 37” x 27” German Helmets & Hats Aside from reliably lighting cigarettesOriginal 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