Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Kyu-Gunto Sword with Tortoise Shell Grip & Scabbard 17th Century due to the grip having

due to the grip having shrunk a bit over the decades

the 50th Aero Squadron flew its first missions of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive with a complement of 15 pilots

with just the very tip having been sharpened off at some point

From 14 December 1941 to 17 March 1942

are the words CAST STEEL on the barrel

Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Kyu-Gunto Sword with Tortoise Shell Grip & Scabbard 17th Century due to the grip havingOriginal 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