I recently acquired a cool Order of the Arrow flap from Owasippe Lodge 7 out of Chicago that appears to be a Prototype made in Japan. This comes directly from Osaka where someone recently bought out Hashimoto & Co. Ltd a family owned business that was started in the 1940's.
It appears to be a F3 or F4 but has different Fingernails than either of those. When I initially saw a digital picture of this patch, I thought it was nothing special, but upon viewing it in person, I immediately noticed the asian style embroidery of all the letters. The back is also unusual.
The flap comes with the original sample tag but unfortunately, there is no date.
If anyone has any information on why this patch might have been made, please feel free to post a response.
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