Original Japanese WWII M1899 Type 32 "Ko" First Pattern Cavalry Saber with Scabbard Century As the winter passed the

As the winter passed the division was brought up to strength and fully equipped for forward deployment into a war zone

The leather buffer on the guard is absent

and he is listed in STOCKEL VOLUME ONE Page 310 as working for those dates

The background of both the patch and the tab is black velvet

The scabbard is brown leather wrapped around rawhide and wood with a brass hanger

Original Japanese WWII M1899 Type 32 "Ko" First Pattern Cavalry Saber with Scabbard Century As the winter passed theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice condition Imperial Japanese WWII Type 32 "Ko" First Pattern Cavalry saber, complete with its original matching steel scabbard. Japanese cavalry sabers, originally introduced in the late 19th Century, all have machine made blades with serial numbers on the ricasso and will commonly have arsenal stamps on the guard. The Type 25, introduced in 1892, had brass hilts and plain wood grips. The Type 32,