Someone has this flag and is selling it for 400. It’s a silk kanji flag. Would this be a good buy or pass it up?

 

hello,

without knowing what is written on it, I would say $400 is a retail price.  Now if says something related to a specific unit that can maybe be traced back to something then it could be worth a lot more.  If you like it and do not have one, I would say maybe offer $350.  But you won't be 'taking a bath' on it at $400.  Sorry if this does not help.

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I have a very similar one. The one you have there looks good!

Thanks for the advice. I ended getting one.  This is the one I got. 
 

An unsuspecting Allied pilot reaches into his pocket for a few “greenbacks” in order to purchase a newly minted “Japanese good luck flag” from this cigar chomping navy SeaBee. (source: Foreign Service Magazine, February 1949).

 

That’s a cool  magazine photo.

1 hour ago, Jeret said:

That’s a cool  magazine photo.

I found a color photo on line!

9 hours ago, Jeret said:

Thanks for the advice. I ended getting one.  This is the one I got. 
 

 

The orientation shown in the photo is the back side.

 

The kanji looks like it was written by a Japanese speaker.

Is it a good flag?

I cannot calculate its value, but it is likely a flag used to encourage soldier going off to war, and I believe it is significant.

Thanks for all the information . I’m glad I bought the flag. Last one to the collection. 

I did forget to add it is silk. 

With Japanese flags, how do you know it is authentic. The ones I got , are all silk. Like the one I posted. And also, when they get faded , are they worth less then clean white ones?