Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Company Grade Officer’s Parade Sword with Scabbard German Machine Guns and cross trenches to assault

and cross trenches to assault fortified enemy positions with powerful armament

the socket is specially designed to encircle the Model "F" bayonet stud catch under the barrel

The matte core paint on the iron center is mostly present on both sides

I saw a large number of dead inmates lying where they had fallen in the last few hours or days before our arrival

This one does show the perfect amount of service use and wear with a solid suspension system as well as chinstrap

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Company Grade Officer’s Parade Sword with Scabbard German Machine Guns and cross trenches to assaultOriginal 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