Flags on estand

[Papa Nambu]

So consensus stands that the large flag was legit and is now pretty much screwed now because some wrote all over it. The second one is post war and the 3rd is probably ok but parade use.... well then what to do with them? If anyone is interested in them please shoot me a PM as they are not right and I don't want to list them again on the estand since they are messed with an untouched or I'll just burn all of them and we can be done with the whole mess (except the 3rd since its original and unmessed with) Matt

There may be some hope for you. I sold some fake/repro flags I had around (one messed with like yours and one modern made "rising sun" type) to a Japanese rifle collector who wanted to use them to lay his rifles on for gun show displays without risking messing up a good flag.

[JCB]

wow, the House of swords.....

Memories.. I remember the House of swords catalogs. When I was a teenager and new to collecting back in the early eighties I bought several items from this outfit. The owner, Joe walters sold a lot of bad stuff. He was actually murdered in his own front yard 15 or so years ago from what I heard. I forget the details. We has as crooked as you can get as a dealer. My first Japanese helmet was a Phoney civilian shell with a fake NLF badge. I remember how excited I was to see that thick heavy catalog in the mailbox coming home from school. Half of the stuff was Pure crap.

Jim