Original Japanese WWII Small Cloth Rising Sun Imperial Navy War Flag - 14" x 20" U.S. Field Gear The Sword is encased in

The Sword is encased in its original brass mounted leather scabbard which is fitted with a wide mouthed top mount that accommodates the pistol barrel and most of the action to within 3/4" of the cross guard butting up against the rear of the frizzen

which has been a Military school since 1866

the "Go Devils"

showing almost no staining

and the spine split

Original Japanese WWII Small Cloth Rising Sun Imperial Navy War Flag - 14" x 20" U.S. Field Gear The Sword is encased inOriginal 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,