Original Japanese WWII Weathered Rising Sun Navy War Cloth Flag (47" x 33") Blunderbuss kept accounts of the battle

kept accounts of the battle

Wood grip showing serial number A-2293 on the cross guard

these are an extremely rare commando item from WWII

The barrel is still the correct 21 inches

Waist belt

Original Japanese WWII Weathered Rising Sun Navy War Cloth Flag (47" x 33") Blunderbuss kept accounts of the battleOriginal 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). Neither of these flags are common on the market,