Original Antique Japanese Type 30 Arisaka 6.5mm Infantry Rifle Serial 24863 with Intact Chrysanthemum Crest - Missing Upper Tang Lewis Gun since long before the war

since long before the war began between Germany and England

Named on interior cover to Mathewson

claiming one enemy aircraft destroyed in May 1940

The blade is is in good condition

Original Antique Japanese Type 30 Arisaka 6.5mm Infantry Rifle Serial 24863 with Intact Chrysanthemum Crest - Missing Upper Tang Lewis Gun since long before the warOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Type 30 rifle Arisaka (, Sanj nen shiki hoheij; 'year 30 type infantry firearm') is a box fed bolt action repeating rifle that was the standard infantry rifle of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1897 (the 30th year of the Meiji period, hence "Type 30") to 1905. Manufacture started in 1897 at Koishikawa Arsenal (, Koishikawa Ksh) in Tokyo, and production continued until 1905, with about 600,000 rifles and carbines