Original WWII Imperial Japanese Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel Plated Parade Sword with Scabbard Japanese Edged Weapons Then we drove and drove

Then we drove and drove and finally when -- Bastogne is where we were going

bound around the edge with 1/4" black silk binding

as found piece of the Old West which still has a functioning lock mechanism that holds at half cock and fires at full

made of blue / green tinted glass

A beautiful piece

Original WWII Imperial Japanese Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel Plated Parade Sword with Scabbard Japanese Edged Weapons Then we drove and droveOriginal 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