Original 16th Century Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword by HIROYOSHI in Edo Period Fittings with Leather Scabbard Cover One-of-a-Kind This is truly a remarkable

This is truly a remarkable Regimental Scottish Dirk and may even have silver hallmarks on the underside of the very heavily decorated mounts

It was often erroneously called "Schmeisser" by the Allies

The blade itself measures about 9 inches long overall

and that it was made in the captured city of Novgorod (Новгородка) at that time

In the photo of the crew with the plane a first lieutenant can be seen in the front row viewer's far right wearing a B-10 jacket

Original 16th Century Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword by HIROYOSHI in Edo Period Fittings with Leather Scabbard Cover One-of-a-Kind This is truly a remarkableOriginal 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. Here we have a wonderful example in