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Article about: Below is a silk Japanese flag I recently purchased. Pretty basic 3'4" x 2'4" size flag. It is from the estate of a US Marine Vet, and supposedly "captured on Okinawa", th

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    Below is a silk Japanese flag I recently purchased. Pretty basic
    3'4" x 2'4" size flag. It is from the estate of a US Marine Vet,
    and supposedly "captured on Okinawa", though I have
    no real proof of this.

    Does it look ok, and are there any concerns
    regarding it's age.........?
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    Last edited by Walkwolf; 06-14-2013 at 03:15 AM.
    Regards,


    Steve.

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    Proper construction and materials and nice to see the corner tags still in place! Looks like a nice WWII era flag to me! No red flags that I can see! Now...Okinawa? Well.... *shrugs*
    William

    "Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."

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    I know, I know - 'buy the item not the story', but this is the info
    the seller was told and passed on to me - Unfortunately,
    the Vet's name etc, is not known.........
    Regards,


    Steve.

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    Nice flag, looks good to me

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    Steve, its a fine original piece. Unfortunately, its impossible to verify the story behind it.
    Anyway, its a great example.
    Cheers
    Nuno

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    There was a Lot of Japanese on Okinawa....no reason it Couldn't have been picked up there. Not many survived, so the GI's had their pick of literally Tons of stuff...Would be a cool bit if it was true, but it'll just have to always be that unprovable one way or the other Possible or even Probable, might have been-could have been thing!
    William

    "Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."

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    I agree it has come from somewhere so there is no reason why it wouldn't have come from Okinawa.

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    Looks good to me! Okinawa... Why not?!

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    Looks good, nice flag.
    Regards,
    John

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    Thanks everyone. At least the Marine GI could have been on
    Okinawa, whether he picked it up there or not.........
    Regards,


    Steve.

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