I do home and business clean-outs and I discovered 2 flags (almost were thrown away). The North Korean flag is 49" x 27" made of (silk?) and signed by Cpl. Roger A. Kirschman and Raymond Insalaco, 52nd Battalion Division 24th Inf. I located information on Raymond Insalaco, and found out that he was seriously injured in action and died 09/17/1950 in South Korea. That gave the whole flag a whole new value to me and was very sad. I have not located anything on cpl. Kirschmann yet and maybe that is a good sign. The Japanese flag is 37" x 37" and is a heavy canvas type material and has Taken at Bougainville (they spelled it Bouganville.) I am not a collector and would like to put these in the proper hands. Value on the Japanese flag can be found but not the North Korean flag. If this flag is as rare as the information wow. The soldiers names mean a lot and when I found out that one was killed the flag took on a whole new meaning and value as an american. If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very thankful. Thank You
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DPRK flags ???
Originally posted by straub45 View Post
See related WAF threads t=450528 & t=64536. As for price,
that is always subjective - being what a buyer might offer
and a seller willing to accept. Having said that, IMO a Korean
War captured DPRK National flag would be worth ~$250 USD.
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Update on Insalaco
I came to a new site that had more details on the whole story. He was seriously injured but survived.
INSALACO RAYMOND C Rank=PFC Serial Number=RA19323022 Branch=Artillery
Military Occupation Specialty=00641 Year of Birth= Race=Caucasian
State of Residence=AZ County of Residence=Pima
Unit=52nd FA Bn Division=24th Inf Div Type of Unit=FA Bn 105MMH
Place of Casualty=South Korea Date of Casualty (yymmdd)=50 09 17
Type of Casualty=Returned to Duty
Detail of Casualty=SIA/Otherwise seriously injured in action
Group of Casualty=Returned to Duty (Far East Command)
Evacuation Disposition=Comment
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I agree with Old Flags regarding the approximate value.
It sounds like you found some great, historical flags.Comment
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Sounds like a cool flag, can you post some pics when you get the chance?....mikeComment
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