Original Japanese WWII Hand Painted Cloth Good Luck Flag - USGI Battlefield Pickup Bring Back (31" x 27") Brunswick Parts the real giveaway to its

the real giveaway to its Nile origin

13th Air Force during WWII

Tsuka (handle) and even the scabbard lock are marked 12

this dates from the second half of the 19th

this example has no provision for chin scale

Original Japanese WWII Hand Painted Cloth Good Luck Flag - USGI Battlefield Pickup Bring Back (31" x 27") Brunswick Parts the real giveaway to itsOriginal Item: One of a kind. Purchased directly from the family of a WWII Veteran of the Pacific Theater. We have had many examples of these flags before, but not one quite like this. It's a USGI Bring Back, but it was not acquired from captured soldiers or bases: it was picked up off the battlefield in the Pacific. The family stated it could be from various different islands, possibly even Iwo Jima. This hand painted cloth flag is marked with