Fun With Flaggeek

🇯🇵 A small cotton Rising Sun flag with eight Midwestern U.S. veterans’ signatures — tied to the 33rd Infantry Division and 136th Infantry Regiment during the early occupation of Japan.

🇩🇪 A fortress under blockade: La Rochelle remained in German hands until May 1945, supplied only by sea. The garrison’s war ensign was flown on the harbor building throughout the siege.

🚩 Soviet Navy ensign (dated 1979): wool bunting, GOST 8498-73 stamp, honest sea wear — a natural fit for the Grisha (Project 1124) environment.

🟥 Soviet flag made in Britain Likely intended for Allied headquarters during the war, not military field use.

🎌 Japanese flag with kanji marking and BCOF context .

🇩🇪 German service flag by Schneider Nossen (FG‑036) .

🇬🇧 British WWII White Ensign in pristine condition – printed wool, ribbed weave, brass grommets – matches IWM wartime pattern. .