Japanese Flag with writing

2011-10-0004a.JPG
2011-10-0004b.JPG

Identifier

2011-10-0004

Title

Japanese Flag with writing

Type

Japanese Flag

Description

Japanese silk flag covered with Japanese writing applied in black ink with brushstrokes visible . The eyelet in the top right hand corner has a string through it . Inscription on the back of the flag reads : E . W . Jackson

Medium

Silk

Format

1055 x 740 mm

Provenance

From Label: "NX 71256 E . W . Jackson . / 2/4 INF . BN . / Taken at Wewak . / New Guinea . 1944 . " This is confirmed by an inscription on the back of the flag .

Date

Second World War , 1939-1945

Audience

C13 top shelf

Date Created

2012-02-01

Geolocation