Japan, Empire. A Soldier’s National Flag Auction retaining a period original leather

retaining a period original leather strap

issued in Göding on 8 February 1945 for a series of five wounds suffered between the summer of 1942 and winter of 1944

the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a hand-painted Prussian imperial eagle clutching a laurel wreath

the reverse with a round white enamelled medallion inscribed “MTF” for “Maria Theresia Franciscus” in GOLD

Japan, Empire. A Soldier’s National Flag Auction retaining a period original leatherConstructed of two panels of white cotton twill, with a disc cut out of the centre and stitched with a red cotton twill red disc symbolizing the sun, one corner of the hoist edge stitched with a cotton twill patch bearing hand written Japanese text, the hoist edge featuring an additional white cotton reinforcement with a hollow channel through which is looped an origins rope, measuring 125 cm (w) x 85 cm (h), demonstrating moderate soiling and