Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Company Grade Officer’s Parade Sword with Scabbard Flintlocks Measures 13 1/4"W x 15

Measures 13 1/4"W x 15 5/8"H

which indicates the approximate manufacture date of May 1943

and an unadorned black Kabuto-Gane (Pommel Cap)

DRAWING 82-0-1     P

consisting of troops from both the United States Army and Marine Corps units

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Company Grade Officer’s Parade Sword with Scabbard Flintlocks Measures 13 1/4"W x 15Original 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