Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets Featured on the right side

Featured on the right side is a ruptured duck patch and a Presidential Unit Citation

Everything appears to be in very good condition

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Poster features a broom labeled "Extra War Bonds" sweeping away ripped German and Japanese flags

Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets Featured on the right sideOriginal 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