Second Philippine Republic National Flag- Japanese Occupation Government.
Second Philippine Republic, 1943 to 1945 National Flag - this Philippines flag is of a pattern that differs from the version introduced by the Philippine Commonwealth in 1936. This flag is believed to be a variant made in and used by the Second Philippine Republic, 1942 to 1945, the Philippine government that collaborated with the occupying Japanese. It was acquired with a Japanese flag which dated to the period of Japanese Occupation.

This variation of the Philippine flag utilized solid rays around the sun instead of the typically multi-armed rays used on the commonwealth flag from 1913 to 1941. It is surmised that this was an intentional variation to both difference and mimic the Japanese backed puppet government.

This flag was acquired with a Japanese flag, a 'soldier's flag' as a GI bring-back which dates to the period of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, 1943 to 1945. It is a companion piece to ZFC2193.

ZFC Significant Flag

Sources:


War Trophy, Wikipedia, 17 November 2011, from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_trophy

FLAGS AND SYMBOLS OF THE PEARL OF THE ORIENT SEAS, WATAWAT , 17 November, from: http://www.watawat.net/index.html

Philippines, Flags of the World, 17 November, 2011, from: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ph.html

Second Philippine Republic, Wikipedia, 17 November 2011, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Philippine_Republic

FLAGS AND SYMBOLS UNDER THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION, WATAWAT, 17 November, 2011, from:
http://www.watawat.net/flags_and_symbols_under_the_japanese_occupation.html

Image Credits:
Zaricor Flag Collection