Original Japanese WWII Patrolman & Sergeant's Police Sword - Second Type with Steel Scabbard Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets It is also stamped with

It is also stamped with heat lot number 0839 under the rear skirt

and has a maker logo stamped into it

The wooden bottom of the lid has a date of 1936 near one side

including a CROWN / TP / 2 "Tower Proof"

38 Rimfire cartridges

Original Japanese WWII Patrolman & Sergeant's Police Sword - Second Type with Steel Scabbard Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets It is also stamped withOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is something that we have never had before! During Japanese history, edged weapons had always been a symbol of authority and power, so when power was returned to the Emperor during the Meiji restoration of 1868, many new designs of swords were needed for the various new organizations that came into being as Japan "modernized". The police in particular had a real need to be armed, and various swords were designed