Help with translation

[Itomagoi]

Can someone please help me with the Translation of this flag? 

[Itomagoi]

[Nobody]

必勝不敗 – Battle which must be win and never ever defeat

為和田徳文君 – For Mr. Wada Norifumi

海軍中将吉成宗雄 – (from) Vice admiral Yoshinari Muneo

[Itomagoi]

Thank you for your help, Moriyama. The rest are then only names with the signatures? 

 

Peter 

[John C]

 

On 1/11/2023 at 4:42 PM, Nobody said:

必勝不敗 – Battle which must be win and never ever defeat

為和田徳文君 – For Mr. Wada Norifumi

海軍中将吉成宗雄 – (from) Vice admiral Yoshinari Muneo

Curious about this one. I have seen these where the flag is gifted to a soldier from a school, for example, and signed by the students. But this one is from a Vice Admiral ( a lot of info on line about him) to a "Mr.", presumably a civilian. I wonder if the other signatures are sailors?

 

John C.

[Itomagoi]

Yes John, I was able to find information on Vice Admiral Yoshinari Muneo. Even a photo.
About Wada Norifumi nothing. I had hoped there would be more on the flag. Whether he was perhaps the son or a friend of the family....

[SteveM]

The rest are only names. They are all written very well. There is one other signature with the family name of Wada, Wada Yoji, to the left of the Vice Admiral's signature. Maybe Wada Yoji is the father or brother of the presentee? 

 

The honorific "kun" is something very typically applied to these kinds of items. I wouldn't read too much into the use of this. Not as formal as "mister", but not as familiar as "bro" or "dude". 

 

[Itomagoi]

Big thanks, Steve!