Original WWII Imperial Japanese Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Long Nickel Plated Parade Sword with Scabbard German Flags Soviet prisoners were not provided

Soviet prisoners were not provided any shelter

Some were made for the internees’ families

the buttons were detached

Continued to support ground forces during the campaign that followed

Original WWII Imperial Japanese Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Long Nickel Plated Parade Sword with Scabbard German Flags Soviet prisoners were not providedOriginal 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