Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Parade Officer’s Sword with Scabbard Brunswick Guns The PIAT entered service in

The PIAT entered service in 1943

There is also a stitched on HJ diamond with a machine embroidered swas (Hook Cross)

and also the earliest production example that we have had

measuring 42 inches in height and 48

however the trigger return spring is very weak or possibly missing

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Parade Officer’s Sword with Scabbard Brunswick Guns The PIAT entered service inOriginal 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