Original Pre-WWI Japanese Artillery Short Sword with Scabbard - Dated Meiji 19 / 1886 Brown Bess Musket Parts it is overall 7 1/4"

it is overall 7 1/4" long in its heavily embossed and decorated Scabbard

TAKEN BY THOMAS HOMES

The steel fittings for the QD latches have rusted

he and some men of the SA had disrupted a meeting of the Bayernbund ("Bavaria Union") which Otto Ballerstedt

Original Pre-WWI Japanese Artillery Short Sword with Scabbard - Dated Meiji 19 / 1886 Brown Bess Musket Parts it is overall 7 1/4"Original Item: Only One Available. Well this is certainly something we haven't seen before! When it first arrived, we assumed from the shape that it was possibly a Boxer Rebellion era Chinese Jian short sword. However, the level of craftsmanship was definitely higher than usually seen from weapons used in that conflict, so 20th Century was most likely. However, a closer look at the markings revealed a date on the ricasso, and it does not have a