Original WWII Era Imperial Japanese Police Lieutenant’s Officer Kyu-Gunto Dress Sword with Sharkskin Handle & Scabbard Night Sights In early-1966

In early-1966

1¾” wide and exhibits a surface that was dyed black on its exterior side

This is an iconic U

2d Replacement Depot

and were decommissioned in 1946

Original WWII Era Imperial Japanese Police Lieutenant’s Officer Kyu-Gunto Dress Sword with Sharkskin Handle & Scabbard Night Sights In early-1966Original 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