Original Items. Only One Pair Available. This is a really tremendous set of souvenir handkerchiefs which appear to be unique, meant as gifts for soldiers fighting on the Marianas Islands to send home to their family/sweetheart. They each measure 16 x 16” and are in great shape.

The paint is retained well on both examples, with the first being a Happy Easter greeting to the soldier’s sweetheart, and the second bearing the “Rising Sun” flag of Japan with a sign pointing to Tokyo.

The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, also known as Campaign Plan Granite II, was an offensive launched by the United States against Imperial Japanese forces in the Pacific between June and November 1944 during the Pacific War. The campaign consisted of Operation Forager, which captured the Mariana Islands, and Operation Stalemate, which captured Palau. Operation Causeway, an invasion of Japanese-controlled Taiwan, was also planned but not executed. The offensive, under the overall command of Chester W. Nimitz, followed the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and was intended to neutralize Japanese bases in the central Pacific, support the Allied drive to retake the Philippines, and provide bases for a strategic bombing campaign against Japan.

This is a gorgeous pair of handkerchiefs, absolutely worth getting framed. Ready to frame and display.