Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Scabbard & Sword Knot French Holster without a Comb but a

without a Comb but a higher crown

Top of the barrel still has the correct Series III manufacturer engraving

harassing artillery fire on the small plateau lying northwest of Septsarges

its principal duties were: to form and move basic training classes to the recruit depot

000 to 150

Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Scabbard & Sword Knot French Holster without a Comb but aOriginal 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