Original Japanese WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Fan Initiated Type 16 A-4 Nose Fuze for Type 97 Ordnance With Bringback Documents - Inert U.S. Machine Guns and the underlying steel has

and the underlying steel has oxidized a bit

The pommel is aluminum

Stock is sound with with a fine hand worn patina

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Original Japanese WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Fan Initiated Type 16 A-4 Nose Fuze for Type 97 Ordnance With Bringback Documents - Inert U.S. Machine Guns and the underlying steel hasOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a completely INERT example of a WWII Japanese Naval Aerial Bomb tail fuze, and is in compliance with the current BATF standards on inert ordnance. Not Available For Export. This fuse was sent home in 1945 by United States Navy Reservist D. W. Christenson, a Mineman 2nd Class who was apart of Bomb and Mine Disposal Team #3. A scanned and printed copy of the original paperwork is included with the purchase. The