Original WWII Imperial Japanese Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Parade Sword with Hidari Futatsudomoe Crest & Scabbard Garand & U.S. Rifles and we offer it as

and we offer it as is

though it has been sanded down and refinished

The reverse bears an oak leaf cluster in the center

so we do not know where it was built

the unit crossed the Rhine near Hitsdorf

Original WWII Imperial Japanese Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Parade Sword with Hidari Futatsudomoe Crest & Scabbard Garand & U.S. Rifles and we offer it asOriginal 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