Original Japanese WWII Hand-Painted Silk Good Luck Flag with Lots of Signatures - 27 x 33” MG 34 Mounts giving it a lovely tarnished

giving it a lovely tarnished patina

The company had both a machine shop and a foundry where they produced train wheels

so it has some wear

and still has the original flat safety cord marked "REMOVE SAFETY PIN BEFORE FIRING"

VA-52 made two more deployments with the Skyraider to Vietnam before entering the jet age with the advanced A-6A Intruder on 10 November 1967

Original Japanese WWII Hand-Painted Silk Good Luck Flag with Lots of Signatures - 27 x 33” MG 34 Mounts giving it a lovely tarnishedOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a great example of a Japanese Good Luck flag, with the names of dozens of Japanese friends and family of the departing soldier. There are also some well wishes such as Congratulatory Expedition and Preservation of Life. The largest signature appears to read Mr. Shoji Yokoyama, likely the solider who owned the flag. There are dozens of signatures but as our translation system is not exact when it comes to