Original Imperial Japanese WWII Signed Print of Navy Flying Ace Saburō Sakai by Lon Ortega - 16 x 20” Original Display Machine Guns stamps on the metal pieces

stamps on the metal pieces of the scabbard

It is held in place by the earlier threaded bolt system with is using a leather square to retain only one of the threaded posts

though it is possible that they are from small arms fire at a long distance

and Philadelphia

It still has the spare parts tube with contents

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Signed Print of Navy Flying Ace Saburō Sakai by Lon Ortega - 16 x 20” Original Display Machine Guns stamps on the metal piecesOriginal Item. Only One Available. Saburo Sakai was born in Saga, Japan into a family of samurai ancestry but made a living as farmers. Sakai's father passed away when he was 11. He joined the Japanese Navy on 31 May 1933 when he was 16. Upon graduation, he served as a turret gunner aboard battleship Kirishima. In 1936, he left Kirishima to join the pilot training program. He graduated first in has class in 1937 as a carrier pilot (although he never