A Second War Japanese Armed Forces Recruitment Banner Newly Listed 25 Years Officers Cross

25 Years Officers Cross

dated June 11

exhibiting period damage and subsequent repair typical of period wear

‘round 3 type’

Early the following year

A Second War Japanese Armed Forces Recruitment Banner Newly Listed 25 Years Officers CrossA Second War Japanese Armed Forces Recruitment Banner Fabricated from silk, white wide central panel flanked by wide off white strips on either side, Order of the Golden Kite insignia at the top screen printed in four colours (blue, red, green and gold), with two vertical rows of Japanese characters painted below in black, trimmed along the bottom edge in a 75 mm long dark yellow fringe, the banner sewn in place to a 685 mm long horizontal wooden