Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 27 ¼” x 36” Category_Snider Rifle Accessories The Holster nose cap where

The Holster nose cap where the muzzle would be is unfortunately missing

The Scabbard (saya) is steel and in very nice condition with original WW2 paint

A very nice service used example from one of Germany's best manufactures of the time

Each County equipped its own constabularies so styles tended to vary

The serial number is 125749A denoting the year of manufacture as 1883

Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Army Rising Sun Silk War Flag - 27 ¼” x 36” Category_Snider Rifle Accessories The Holster nose cap whereOriginal 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