Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Leather Scabbard & Replacement Grip Flowers Historical Military Books United States Marine Corps Service

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The odd thing about this rifle is that mounted on the receiver's right side is a lever pivoting at the center that clearly was part of a "safety system"

Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Leather Scabbard & Replacement Grip Flowers Historical Military Books United States Marine Corps ServiceOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This is a very nice lightly used example of an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Model 1883 Officers Dress Parade Dirk, complete with its brass mounted leather scabbard. As with Naval Dirks in Europe, they were given to officers when they were first commissioned, and were not intended to be any type of functional weapon. They began to be issued starting in the 1880s, and their use continued until the end of WWII. In