The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cotton national flag with separately sewn-in central red disc. Large black ink characters down the hoist side of the flag translate as 'Selfless devotion to your country'. Around the central disc in a radial pattern are place names, with English translations written above them, both in black ink, of the following places where the owner of the flag saw action : 'Entering the town of Rabaul in 1942', 'Offensive operations in the Solomon Islands', 'Offensive operations in New Guinea', 'Offensive operation at Suleni Airfield, Korongu or Koronda Island (this may be Kanton Island in Phoenix Islands group), 'Oring Island' (may be Orana Island, in Phoenix Islands group).
Believed to have been taken from a Japanese ship.
Hand made Japanese naval ensign . Flag is hemmed around its edges both by hand and machine. The central disc of the sun, and its rays, have been roughly drawn in using pencil, and then coloured in wit
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with signatures and slogans in black ink characters. Apart from the signatures they translate as the traditional 'long-lasting good fortune in war', 'do yo
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag. Cotton flag has a separately inset central red cotton disc and a pair of cotton tapes at each end of the hoist. There are numerous slogans and autographs
Japanese soldier's printed silk, autographed national flag, written in black ink characters. The four large characters around the edge of red central disc translate as 'To the glory of Japanese streng
Printed artificial silk Japanese flag autographed in black ink characters. The characters along the hoist translate to the name of the owner, 'Abe Katsuya' and a prayer for everlasting good fortune in
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with slogans and signatures written in black ink characters. The flag was presented to Itahara Juni by a teacher (name cannot be deciphered). The signature
