Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Kyu-Gunto Sword with Asano Clan Crest and Nickel-Plated Scabbard in Cover MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The 377th PFAB

The 377th PFAB

This Pennant signal flag representing the numeral "8" in the International Maritime Code

This is exactly the same lock adopted by the British Board of Ordnance for the Third Model Brown Bess Musket of 1796 known as the "India Pattern" Brown Bess

- Maker's code with size marking "68" stamped on the interior of the shell found over the wearer's left ear or nape of the neck

though the leather sealing washers are missing

Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Kyu-Gunto Sword with Asano Clan Crest and Nickel-Plated Scabbard in Cover MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The 377th PFABOriginal 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