Original Edo Period Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard in Bring Home Box Cannons 67” artillery shell that was

67” artillery shell that was intended to be fired from a 20-pounder Parrott rifle Recovered from the battlefields of Winchester

Comes ready for display and further research

Pioneer battalions consisted of shore party Marines

visual signals could not be detected at long ranges

but are somewhat faint

Original Edo Period Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard in Bring Home Box Cannons 67” artillery shell that wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This example dates from the Edo period