Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Shikomizue Sword Cane Mountings French Ordnance - 19 August 1942: Walter

- 19 August 1942: Walter Zellot's Bf 109 was shot-up by a Soviet fighter

denoting the year of manufacture as 1888

which looks to have been converted from flintlock to percussion

the lock is marked 1863 and an EAGLE over U

This is well retained

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Shikomizue Sword Cane Mountings French Ordnance - 19 August 1942: WalterOriginal 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 great example dates from the Edo