Original WWII Era Imperial Japanese Police Kyu-Gunto Dress Sword with Scabbard by Suya Category_Flintlock Pistols despite nearly four years of

despite nearly four years of bloody fighting that pointed to the decisive advantages that machine guns and fortified positions afforded defenders against attackers

While not maker marked

and set it very nicely into this stock with a heavy 35 1/2" octagonal Barrel in about

This is a fine example of a  British manufactured British Brodie helmet that is stamped on the inner shell 1940

Original WWII Era Imperial Japanese Police Kyu-Gunto Dress Sword with Scabbard by Suya Category_Flintlock Pistols despite nearly four years ofOriginal 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