Original Japanese WWII Service Worn Cloth Rising Sun Army War Flag - 29" x 32" Lock Assembly The heavily blued barrel is

The heavily blued barrel is 36 inches long

These are most uncommon today but were essential equipment for the hardhat divers of the WW2 era

making this a great set showing the progression of a "Private" level soldier

Wear on the patches

a voluntary civil assistance organization originally instituted in 1864

Original Japanese WWII Service Worn Cloth Rising Sun Army War Flag - 29" x 32" Lock Assembly The heavily blued barrel isOriginal 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). With the sun in the center, this is a flag of the