Original WWII Imperial Japanese Rising Sun Army War Flag with Corner Reinforcements - 23" x 36" Swords In the late 1920s the

In the late 1920s the navy began to form Special Naval Landing Forces as standing regiments (albeit of battalion size)

with a shorter 21 inch barrel

One side of the blade reads:

Inset into the top is a very nice German WWII Era NSDAP (NSDAP) Party Enameled Badge Pin

located in Texas

Original WWII Imperial Japanese Rising Sun Army War Flag with Corner Reinforcements - 23" x 36" Swords In the late 1920s theOriginal 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