Original WWII Japanese Army Service Worn Type 95 NCO Katana Sword with Matched Serial 91272 U.S. Artwork & Posters Elster of Vienna

Elster of Vienna

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Smallarms 1775-1851" A wonderful very informative work if you have not read it

Thumbing through the piles of wartime correspondence and learning the story of this young man and his family during WW2 will give you chills

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Original WWII Japanese Army Service Worn Type 95 NCO Katana Sword with Matched Serial 91272 U.S. Artwork & Posters Elster of ViennaOriginal Item: Only One Available. The end of WWII marked the beginning of the sword ownership ban in Japan. By law, Japanese citizens were forbidden to own swords. General McArthur did not want the general population to be able to arm again. Most soldiers and citizens surrendered their swords to the American occupying forces. The Americans destroyed a large number of swords by dumping them into the ocean or by melting them. But a small percentage