Original Japanese WWII Battle Damaged and Stained Hand Painted Cloth Good Luck Flag With Lots of Signatures - 27" x 33" Antique Percussion Firearms - Canadian Parachute Corps Cap

- Canadian Parachute Corps Cap Badge

Primo condition

The upper sling swivel has been replaced by what looks to be an ersatz bent wire swivel

Based on the information in this grouping

IX Fighter Command was the primary tactical fighter air arm of Ninth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign in North Africa during 1942-1943

Original Japanese WWII Battle Damaged and Stained Hand Painted Cloth Good Luck Flag With Lots of Signatures - 27" x 33" Antique Percussion Firearms - Canadian Parachute Corps CapOriginal Item: One of a kind. This hand painted cloth flag is marked with battle quotes such as "Banzai", and "Good Luck". As with many good luck flags, the flag is marked across the top with the Japanese phrase , which reads Bu un Chou kyu Inoru ("A prayer that your military fortunes be long lasting.") It is also signed with the names of many friends and family, some radiating out from the center. The flag measures approximately 27" x 33", and is