Original Late 19th Century Japanese Small Whalebone Carving of IJN Cruiser Izumi in Display Case Russian Antique Guns four brass ramrod pipes

four brass ramrod pipes

These late developed models were last made in the mid 1890s

There is some age to the paint and oxidation

It took a bit

a perfect set for the WWII collector

Original Late 19th Century Japanese Small Whalebone Carving of IJN Cruiser Izumi in Display Case Russian Antique Guns four brass ramrod pipesOriginal Item: One of a Kind. The Meiji era ( Meiji jidai) during the late 19th early 20th century was a time of massive change in Japan. After centuries of isolation, the country moved rapidly to "modernize" all aspects of society. This of course included the military, as Japan had aspirations to become a world power, and they had already been the power wielded by countries with powerful Navies. The country however at the time did not have any modern