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JAPANESE 8 RAY RISING SUN NAVY ENSIGN FLAG-EARLY 1900s

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JAPANESE 8 RAY RISING SUN NAVY ENSIGN FLAG-EARLY 1900s
ORIGINAL JAPANESE 8 RAY RISING SUN CLIPPED SWALLOW TAIL NAVY ENSIGN FLAG-EARLY 1900'S-5X5 1/2 FT * ORIGINAL JAPANESE EIGHT RAY RISING SUN "SWALLOW TAIL" ENSIGN FLAG FROM THE EARLY 1900'S. SWALLOW TAIL WAS CUT OFF AND RE-USED IN EARLY WWII. THE SIZE OF THIS NAVAL ENSIGN IS 5 FT X 5 1/2 FT. OUTSTANDING WORKMANSHIP ON THIS MULTI-PIECE INDIVIDUALLY SEWN DOUBLE SIDED FLAG. NOTE: USUAL WWII RISING SUN FLAGS HAVE 16 RAYS-MADE FROM HEAVY COARSE MATERIAL. HEAVILY REINFORCED TOP CORNERS WITH A TOP ROPE SEAM-TEARS REMAIN ON FLAG BOTTOM WHERE SWALLOW TAIL WAS REMOVED-THERE IS SOME STAINING - ALSO SOME MOTH NIPS-THERE IS A TAG SEWN ONTO THE FLAG-THIS IS A RARE ORIGINAL BRINGBACK BY AN IWO JIMA MARINE. *