The kanji are "invented kanji" from 1935. It reads Sa-Mu-Ha-Ra and is a Shinto talisman. Read about it here.
If you google-image search "Samuhara" you'll see other examples.
--Guy
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The kanji are "invented kanji" from 1935. It reads Sa-Mu-Ha-Ra and is a Shinto talisman. Read about it here.
If you google-image search "Samuhara" you'll see other examples.
--Guy
A general rule of thumb is that if a suspected Japanese war-time flag has a full unit designation ... that is a red flag. But you'd need to be able to read Japanese *and* have a knowledge of...