Original WWII Imperial Japanese Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel Plated Parade Sword with Scabbard Military Maps Parachute Assembly

Parachute Assembly

original and ready to display

As it happens IMA Owner Christian Cranmer used to sell dress material to two factories in Ikeston in his former life

Can be oiled without removing the Cylinder

Year of Manufacture: 1879

Original WWII Imperial Japanese Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel Plated Parade Sword with Scabbard Military Maps Parachute AssemblyOriginal 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