Original Japanese WWII USGI Captured National flag Signed by Over 60 Servicemen - 28" x 41 ½” Martini-Henry Rifle This is a marking usually

This is a marking usually only seen on very early carbines

GURWIT along with laundry number G-5597

The stock comes almost to the muzzle

indicating they were in the hands of the troops during the Great War

Original Japanese WWII USGI Captured National flag Signed by Over 60 Servicemen - 28" x 41 ½” Martini-Henry Rifle This is a marking usuallyOriginal Item: One of a kind. Just purchased at a large military auction! This is a lovely USGI Bring Back from WWII: an original Japanese WWII "Meatball" National flag, captured and personalized by the soldiers that captured it. They added their names and hometowns, often including their street address as well! We counted, and there are at least 60 names on this flag! Many are written in cursive script, and are difficult to read, but it just shows