Signed WWII National flag translation
- Thread starter Andrew L.
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Pray for good luck in battle - written horizontally (right to left) on the top
Destroy England and America - written under the red disc.
Certain victory for the empire - written under the red disc.
Soldier's Support Oranization, Tokyo Chapter. Nishiyama ?
Looks highly suspicious. The phrases sound suspicious, the writing looks suspicious, the emptiness of the flag makes it feel sad rather than something a school or factory or neighborhood would present to a departing soldier. The addressee is completely illegible to me, which I find strange as usually one would expect the writer to take great care in writing the addressee's name. But this could be a question of skill in deciphering handwritten letters on my part.
Destroy England and America - written under the red disc.
Certain victory for the empire - written under the red disc.
Soldier's Support Oranization, Tokyo Chapter. Nishiyama ?
Looks highly suspicious. The phrases sound suspicious, the writing looks suspicious, the emptiness of the flag makes it feel sad rather than something a school or factory or neighborhood would present to a departing soldier. The addressee is completely illegible to me, which I find strange as usually one would expect the writer to take great care in writing the addressee's name. But this could be a question of skill in deciphering handwritten letters on my part.
Andrew L.
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Thank you! I'm certainly not an expert (obviously!) and the flag isn't vet purchased. But aged is consistent throughout and from a very old collection. Possibly one of the flags created wartime by a G.I., Marine or Sailor to sell to rear echelon souvenir seekers?
