Original Japanese WWII Hand Painted Good Luck Flag Signed by Navy Rear Admiral Watanabe Isaburo & Many Other Naval Officers - 27 ½ x 40” French Gun Magazines wherever it was stored for

wherever it was stored for quite some time apparently exposed the exposed metalwork to extensive surface rusting

Her first duties were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War

it is on the other end of the grenade

and was never sharpened

Overall in lovely condition

Original Japanese WWII Hand Painted Good Luck Flag Signed by Navy Rear Admiral Watanabe Isaburo & Many Other Naval Officers - 27 ½ x 40” French Gun Magazines wherever it was stored forOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a great example of a Japanese Good Luck flag, with the names of many friends and family of the departing soldier. The largest phrase at the top reads Buun Chokyu, (May Your Military Fortune be Long Lasting). The flag is signed with the soldiers name right of the top phrase, and to the right of this is a signature reading Navy Rear Admiral, Watanabe Isaburo. We could not find any information on this officer.