Japan, Imperial. A Second War Period Japanese Battle Flag certificate_of_authenticity EM/NCO’s M43 Army Trapezoid Cap

EM/NCO’s M43 Army Trapezoid Cap Insignia - Multi color machine embroidery in rayon threads

Footnote: Edmund Rabley was born on September 4

4 Canadian General Hospital at Basingstoke on August 7th

He was transferred to the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and saw action on the Eastern Front with the 2nd SS Panzer Division in the Battle of Moscow

Japan, Imperial. A Second War Period Japanese Battle Flag certificate_of_authenticity EM/NCO’s M43 Army Trapezoid CapThis is a very well preserved Second War period Japanese battle flag, constructed of two pieces of white cotton connected by a row of reinforced machine stitching, with a red sun insignia dyed in the centre, with three triangular tan coloured leather patches sewn into one side, each stamped with a hole bearing a magnetic metal eyelet through which is looped a braided cotton string for attachment to a pole, measuring approximately 1405 mm (w) x 2200 mm