Japan, Empire. A Soldier’s National Flag Auction the 3rd Company of the

the 3rd Company of the Pionier Battalion in the SS Totenkopf Division

Footnote: Karl Rudolph Ferdinand von Unruhe Iron Cross: Rudolf was the son of an aristocratic family from Silesia

with the two ends of the tally ribbon stitched to the reverse of the cap and hanging freely in a naval style

Private George Rudge

Japan, Empire. A Soldier’s National Flag Auction the 3rd Company of theConstructed of two panels of white cotton twill, with a disc cut out of the centre and stitched with a red cotton twill red disc symbolizing the sun, one corner of the hoist edge stitched with a cotton twill patch bearing hand written Japanese text, the hoist edge featuring an additional white cotton reinforcement with a hollow channel through which is looped an origins rope, measuring 125 cm (w) x 85 cm (h), demonstrating moderate soiling and