Naval Kamikaze Identified Flag And Insignia Set Identified To Torao Suzuki

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Japanese Imperial Naval Kamikazee Identified Flag And Insignia Set. Raw silk body. About twenty-six by thirty-eight inches. I don't know where to start with this incredible flag. The pilots name was Torao Suzuki. In his name is a character for tiger and is mentioned numerous times on flag. On the left side of the flag is a hand drawing of a tiger.  Numerous signatures from other Navy pilots.  Has  DOWN THE US SOLDIERS 1ST SGT YAMADA, KAMIKAZEE 1ST SGT NAGAO, ONE SHOT ONE KILL 1ST SGT IZAKI, NAVY TECHNICIAN SHUNSAKU ADACHIA,  lots of family and friend signatures. On the top are hand drawn two naval fighter airplanes. The pilot flew his mission in 1945 and his family kept the flag before he went on his suicide mission. This is by far the greatest signed Japanese flag we have ever owned or handled. It was really hard not to keep this one. Included with the group is a set of Navy flight cadet collar tabs that were removed from a uniform. I have only ever seen one flag that came even close to this and it was while I was in Japan years ago and it sold on Yahoo for 200,000 yen, but this one puts that one to shame. Hasbeen folded for a long time and is a little dinghy but who cares with as cool as this one is. If you have ever bought a translated flag from us before you know it is usually one page of translations, this one has four pages. I guess I should stop rambling about how great this flag is. If it doesn't sell I will have to sneak it into my collection of flags when Danielle isn't looking.