Original Japanese WWII Navy Officer Model 1883 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Family Crest, NCO Style Katana Blade, and Sharkskin Parade Scabbard Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The barrel has an overall

The barrel has an overall gray patina

with one dated 1944 at the bottom of the scabbard

assignment to Ledo

In the latter part of May 1918

Original Japanese WWII Navy Officer Model 1883 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Family Crest, NCO Style Katana Blade, and Sharkskin Parade Scabbard Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The barrel has an overallOriginal 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