Original Japanese WWII Silk Rising Sun Army War Flag - 36" x 28" colts The silvering has deeply patinated

The silvering has deeply patinated with some oxidation but really gives a desirable look to this piece

You could just imagine that its 1946 and see it hanging outside and American Zone pub in Berlin

The Serial Number is in the B5--- range indicating date of manufacture as March

maker marked Gebruder Schweiger of Wien (BSW) on the reverse

with a faint government inspector SWP / 1891 cartouche

Original Japanese WWII Silk Rising Sun Army War Flag - 36" x 28" colts The silvering has deeply patinatedOriginal 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). This is a silk single panel rising sun flag in