Original Japanese WWII Hand Painted Cloth Good Luck Flag - 29” x 38” 81mm Mortar which would be read: SHOWA

which would be read: SHOWA (current reigning emperor) Juu-nana Nen (17th year of reign - 1942)

as well as the inscription ‘China Incident

with the stitch holes still visible

Using bicycles

Original Japanese WWII Hand Painted Cloth Good Luck Flag - 29” x 38” 81mm Mortar which would be read: SHOWAOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased from a large military auction! This hand painted cloth flag is marked with battle quotes such as "Banzai", and "Good Luck for Bravery". At the top over the "Sun" are the two characters (un or luck) and (Bu or war martial), so "Good luck in Battle". To the far right is also a phrase in Katakana, the Japanese phonetic alphabet used for foreign words: , which is read RAN OOBAA, or "Run Over", basically an