Original Edo Period Japanese Ko-Wakizashi Short Sword with Wide Blade, Decorative Lacquered Scabbard and Sageo Sword Cord Category_Flintlock Pistols along with the contract date

along with the contract date

The interior of the cap is lined with sheer brown rayon faux silk

the emblem of the old Scottish Royal Family

so we believe that it is a unit marking for the "Land Police" in Kassel

and has a plain leather chinstrap and multi-finger leather liner

Original Edo Period Japanese Ko-Wakizashi Short Sword with Wide Blade, Decorative Lacquered Scabbard and Sageo Sword Cord Category_Flintlock Pistols along with the contract dateOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This interesting example dates from