|
Title |
Japanese flag, with autographs in Chinese, captured in New Guinea
|
|
Subject |
Japan--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Sources
Armed Forces
Flags
Education
Papua New Guinea
|
|
Category |
4. World War II
|
|
Current holder |
Australian War Memorial
|
|
Period of reference |
1938 – 1941
|
|
Link |
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C158186
|
|
Item number |
REL/17075.001
|
|
Access rights |
Open access
|
|
Country of origin |
China
|
|
Place |
New Guinea
|
|
Language |
Chinese
|
|
Description from source |
Japanese national flag with separately sewn in hinomaru (red disc). There are numerous autographs written in black ink as well as printed red seals. These are all written in Chinese. The signatures in a radial pattern around the hinomaru are all by students of Yaoguantun Primary School. There are additional signatures by a chief of police and a schools inspector. The seals are those of these last two individuals and of the primary school itself. The flag appears to have been presented either to a Chinese national working for the Japanese army or to a teacher of Japanese at the school.
|
|
Physical format |
Objects (miscellaneous)
|
|
Related resources |
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C158187
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/3957/
|
