Original Japanese Pre-WWII Army Company Grade Officer's 1886 Pattern Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Chrome Plated Scabbard Availability_Both Unfortunately the leather blade buffer

Unfortunately the leather blade buffer is missing from this piece

There is some bubbling

are on display in the Smithsonian Institution

The Militia were the first line of Defense against any French Invasion to hold the "Frogs" at bay until Regular Troops could arrive

000 units and sold a commercial version under their own name

Original Japanese Pre-WWII Army Company Grade Officer's 1886 Pattern Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Chrome Plated Scabbard Availability_Both Unfortunately the leather blade bufferOriginal 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