Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Rising Sun War Flag - 13½ x 16½” Brown Bess contractor 67 stands for firm

contractor 67 stands for firm Gottlieb Hammesfahr & Co

Within Western collecting circles

This looks to possibly have a rear receiver portion that is a complete recent replica

The leather is mostly intact

(prong back style missing securing studs)

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Rising Sun War Flag - 13½ x 16½” Brown Bess contractor 67 stands for firmOriginal 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