Original Japanese WWII Silk Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Rising Sun, Kanji, Temple Prayer - 44" x 7" Price_over $990 and showing no staining

and showing no staining

with some bronze showing through on the wear points

The flare may be fired either by a four-to six-pound pull on the trip wires or by 20 to 30 pounds' pressure on a pressure cap

Also there are some nicks on the edge

a torsion spring pops the wings open

Original Japanese WWII Silk Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Rising Sun, Kanji, Temple Prayer - 44" x 7" Price_over $990 and showing no stainingOriginal Item: One of a kind. A Senninbari ( thousand person stitches) or One thousand stitch is a strip of cloth that measures approximately 15 cm (6 in) high and up to 90120 cm (34 ft) or more in length. Each end of the belt (sash) may or may not have strings, snaps or buttons that allow it to be fastened about the waist. Examples that lack these were often tucked into the waist. Other variations were never worn but may have been folded and placed