Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Category_MG 34 Mounts 69" - now about

69" - now about

Army ordered 50 of these rifles in 1857 in

fully marked and dated 1918

though there is a bit of oxidation on the last 2 inches or so

after being initially being ordered to convert to Me 410s

Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Category_MG 34 Mounts 69" - now aboutOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This is a very nice example of an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Model 1883 Officers Dress Parade Dirk, complete with its brass mounted leather scabbard. As with Naval Dirks in Europe, they were given to officers when they were first commissioned, and were not intended to be any type of functional weapon. They began to be issued starting in the 1880s, and their use continued until the end of WWII. In design, it is