Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Scabbard Russian Antique Guns Unfortunately we do not know

Unfortunately we do not know the exact year this was manufactured but we do believe it to be produced in the late 1880s

The blade has very fine gold inlay work on both blade and hilt

with some light rust pitting

One box missing tab

such as the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)

Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Scabbard Russian Antique Guns Unfortunately we do not knowOriginal 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