Original WWII Japanese Silk 10th Marine Regiment and 13th Marines Captured Hand Painted Flag Antique Wheellock Firearms Original walnut grips are still

Original walnut grips are still intact and complete and cartouche on right grip is still visible

II Bayonet with colonial issue brass fitted scabbard

We were told when we acquired this set that it dated from 1955

as the leather looks to have shrunk somewhat

SIR BICKHAM SWEET-ESCOTT

Original WWII Japanese Silk 10th Marine Regiment and 13th Marines Captured Hand Painted Flag Antique Wheellock Firearms Original walnut grips are stillOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an exceptional Word War Two Japanese flag, captured by USMC soldiers and turned into a victory flag by a local Japanese artist. During WW2 the During the War the 10th Marine Regiment under the command of the 2nd Marine Division was involved in the assault on Guadalcanal and later took part in the bloody battles of Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa. The 13th Marines under the command of the 5th Marine Division