I'm going to be interviewing a gentleman who served in the PTO. He has a flag which he got from a Japanese woman. Apparently this woman was in need of money and sold a flag to him which she claimed was given to her by the military because her husband was killed on Okinawa. Apparently he also has the box it came in. I will be seeing him Sunday. Has anyone ever heard of similar things?
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They received a War-Bereaved badge from the Izoku-kai, part of the Ministry of Welfare. They also received a pension based on the soldier's rank, a one-time payment (Shiken governmental award payment), funeral expenses, a railway pass, and tuition for any school-age children.
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=687739
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