Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Parade Officer’s Sword with Scabbard Hotchkiss MG With its entry into the

With its entry into the war

65 bore lead Cannon/Pistol ball could easily be added

with the original blue faded to gray on the barrel

This is a lovely named example of a late-war produced Type II "Take down" version of the legendary Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger-Messer

The hammer has a rather ingenious mechanism that moves the rimfire firing pin up and down alternately

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Parade Officer’s Sword with Scabbard Hotchkiss MG With its entry into theOriginal 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