Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Scabbard & Company Grade Tassel French Militaria and now it needs a

and now it needs a good home to be the centerpiece of any USAAF WWII collection

The back of the buckle is marked O &C ges

Parisians waited in long lines to buy war bonds sold from the zeppelin’s gondola

The bayonet shows faded British Acceptance markings and Egyptian numerals confirming service in Egypt as well

functional brass zipper

Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Scabbard & Company Grade Tassel French Militaria and now it needs aOriginal 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