Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Parade Officer’s Sword with Scabbard & Partial Tassel War of 1812 5-inch (6-pounder)

5-inch (6-pounder)

making this a very desirable display piece for the Thompson collector

The sixteenth plane landed in Russia where the five-man crew was interned for 14 months before escaping into friendly territory

has also been signed by a glittering array of top-scoring Aces that include such legendary names as Adolf Dickfeld (136 victories)

Grain on blade is visible on the blade flat (ji)

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Parade Officer’s Sword with Scabbard & Partial Tassel War of 1812 5-inch (6-pounder)Original Item: Only One Available. The first standard sword of the Japanese military was known as the kyu gunto (, old military sword). Murata Tsuneyoshi (1838 1921), a Japanese general who previously made guns, started making what was probably the first mass produced substitute for traditionally made samurai swords. These swords are referred to as "Murata to" and they were used in both the Sino Japanese war (1894 1895) and the Russo Japanese war