Japan, World War II period. - Lot 316

Lot n° 316
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Japan, World War II period. - Lot 316
Japan, World War II period. Superb Samurai Shin-gunto combat sword of Army Officer model 1944-45. Surrender weapon (1945), it comes with a wooden plate (in palognia) with the name of the officer and the coordinates of a temple for restitution. Mounting with coarse grain samé and original lacquered silk braid with beautiful patina with lacquered menuquis. Steel fittings with brown patina. Tsuba full of bronzed copper with sealing system covering the entrance of the scabbard. Brown and blue silk lanyard. Beautiful old white forged blade with straight temper line. Iron scabbard in its original khaki lacquer with brown lacquered copper fittings, en suite. Nice quality sword, in its original condition, never dismantled, untouched, not common. 99 cm (96,5 cm without scabbard). L. blade 69,5 cm x 93 x 0,7 cm. (good condition). Note: In 1945, during the surrender of Japan, surrender ceremonies were organized by the Americans, where all the bladed weapons handed over to the Americans were marked with wooden, paper or cloth labels, on which the name of the owner, rank and address were written, in view of a potential future restitution which never took place. Bibliography : "Japanese Military and Civil Swords and Dirks" by Richard FULLER and Ron GREGORY.
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