Japanese commissioning pennant (1914-1945, after 1956)

Japanese commissioning pennant. The pennant is made of wool bunting, machine sewn with the design printed onto the surface of the fabric. Design: on a white field, an eight-rayed sun in red at the hoist edge. There is an inscription in Japanese stencilled at the hoist edge. Acquired from the Naval War Trophies Committee in 1947.

Object Details

ID: AAA0539
Collection: Flags
Type: Commissioning pennant
Display location: Not on display
Events: World War II, 1939-1945
Date made: 1939-45
People: Japanese Navy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: flag: 101.6 x 9144 mm