Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Parade Officer’s Sword with Scabbard & Partial Tassel Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets signed on the sides of

signed on the sides of the Brass "Box-lock" with W

with minor damage

The mounted police sent volunteers to fight in the Second Boer War

The inside and outside of a powder horn were often polished to make the horn translucent so that the soldier would be able to see how much powder he had left

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Parade Officer’s Sword with Scabbard & Partial Tassel Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets signed on the sides ofOriginal 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