Hello my friends!
I would like to know your opinion about this japanese flag, hinomaru yosegaki?. I bought this in a well known store of militaria and antiques in USA, where they guarantee the 100% of Authenticity in their items... this is my flag:
I have been trying to translate the symbols during some months, but at the end I given up, and looking for information about how to translate japanese, I arrived to a japanese forum where I asked about the symbols. And they told me this:
upper
ジョニー トーマス
Johnny Thomas
left
東京
Tokyo
right
日本横須賀
Yokosuka Japan
lower
西暦1945 十一月十七日
November 17, 1945
After that, the translator who helped me, who seems to be japanese, told me: "That's not Hinomaru Yosegaki. (Seems like a forgery or souvenir.)"
Are you agree too that this flag is fake? Firstly I thought that this flag could be acquired in 1945 by some american soldier called Johnny Thomas, and he wrote his name, the date and the area where he served or fought, but it is only that, a little bit of hopeful
Thank you!
Greeting from Spain.
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