Original Item: One-of-a-kind. Purchased directly from a WW2 veterans family. This flag is made of a silk and is hand painted with multiple signatures and phrases in Japanese. It also bears two red "Temple Stamps". The flag measures approximately 33 x 30. Flag is in excellent condition with small areas of minor staing which is expected for a flag this age and for something captured as a war trophy. This is the real deal, a genuine USGI "bring back"!

The Good Luck Flag, known as hinomaru yosegaki in the Japanese language, was a traditional gift for Japanese servicemen deployed during the military campaigns of the Empire of Japan, though most notably during World War II. The flag given to a soldier was a national flag signed by friends and family, often with short messages wishing the soldier victory, safety, and good luck.

The Japanese call their country's flag hinomaru, which translates literally to "sun-round", referencing the red circle on a white field. When the hinomaru was signed, the Japanese characters were usually written vertically, and radiated outward from the edge of the red circle. This practice is referenced in the second term, yosegaki, meaning "sideways-writing". The phrase hinomaru-yosegaki can be interpreted as "To write sideways around the red sun", describing the appearance of the signed flag. This particular example completely unique is written in old KANJI the writing are mainly Japanese names of this soldier’s family and friends with quotes and phrases.