I've always had those two German flags removed too. Did Jones Soft do it on purpoise.......I don't know, Easter Eggs
ARE known to occur?! I've wondered if TMO has something to do with them too.
So, you're saying you have 20,000 plus files that are the "Same", as in the Left, Bottom corner of the image below:
As you can see, my Sh4 v1.5 game files list:
Same: 20045 (files)
Different: 1
New: 9
Removed: 2
The one "Different" is due to the LAA added to the .exe file of the game.....Why doesn't your's state the same?
The 9 "New" files are due to 9 in-game screen shots I've taken that (by default) are put into the Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific main game folder. No biggy there.
The 2 "Removed" are shown in the image, the German Flag .dds textures.
So why doesn't your SH4.exe file show a difference from the original if you've loaded the Large Address Aware app to it?