Original Japanese WWII Hand Painted Silk Flag with Tiger and Mount Fuji - (27 x 37) 81mm Mortar flying the P-47C Thunderbolt as

flying the P-47C Thunderbolt as an VIII Fighter Command bomber-escort unit initially for B-17 Flying Fortresses and beginning in 1944 for B-24 Liberators attacking enemy targets in Occupied Europe

The 14-inch butcher blade features a 10-inch SAWBACK section

Metal Fittings have a great patina of age

The design was mainly deployed on the B-17 Flying Fortress and the B-24 Liberator

In response to reports of an armed invasion to lift the siege

Original Japanese WWII Hand Painted Silk Flag with Tiger and Mount Fuji - (27 x 37) 81mm Mortar flying the P-47C Thunderbolt asOriginal Item: One of a kind. Purchased from a WW2 veterans family. This flag is made of a silk and is hand painted with multiple lines of Japanese Kanji writing. It also has a very detailed hand painted tiger and the outline of Mount Fuji. The flag measures approximately 27" x 37". Flag is in excellent condition with period correct leather corners on the hanging side. This is the real deal, a genuine USGI "bring back"! The Good Luck Flag, known as