Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Kyu-Gunto Sword with Tortoise Shell Grip & Scabbard Bayonets with the 8 pointed Star

with the 8 pointed Star of the Order of the Thistle

C ROWLAND / PHILA

and speckling on the inside

This was to index into a protrusion at the front of the nose cap to secure the ramrod in position

Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Kyu-Gunto Sword with Tortoise Shell Grip & Scabbard Bayonets with the 8 pointed StarOriginal 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