Original Late Edo Period Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword by FUJIWARA TADAHIRO with Lacquered Scabbard and Sageo Sword Cord German Field Equipment There is no extensive damage

There is no extensive damage on the scabbard that we can find and the sword still fits snug inside

The leather liner is still intact

The brass furniture is of the simplified design best remembered on percussion muskets that of course this musket is the immediate fore runner of

As the First and Third Battalions of the 315th Infantry closed up on the line of the regiment ahead

They then moved to Williamsburg in the American Colony of Virginia in 1717

Original Late Edo Period Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword by FUJIWARA TADAHIRO with Lacquered Scabbard and Sageo Sword Cord German Field Equipment There is no extensive damageOriginal 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