Original Japanese WWII Pilot Bail Out Float Flag with Telescoping Staff Martini-Henry Rifles Government Printing Office 1945-O-648346

Government Printing Office 1945-O-648346

Single gas hole in base

Central Burma

my career as a Bombardier ended

75" bore barrel with LONDON proofs (faint)

Original Japanese WWII Pilot Bail Out Float Flag with Telescoping Staff Martini-Henry Rifles Government Printing Office 1945-O-648346Original Item: Only one available. This is a rare World War II Japanese pilots bail out survival meatball float flag. The flag is constructed of silk with a stitched and stuffed buoyant border to assist in the flotation of the flag on the water for a Japanese pilot who crashed in the sea. The flag is in very good condition and is still attached to its original telescoping bamboo pole. It looks to be made of the usual silk or rayon cloth, with the red