A Second War Japanese Armed Forces Recruitment Banner
A 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 suspension rod with metal caps on either end, a dark yellow cord tied to the loops on the caps for wall hanging, 570 mm x 1,680 mm, streaking evident in the black characters, lightly soiled, better than very fine.

