Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Iron & Brass Leather Scabbard Century and lack the proper texture

and lack the proper texture

instrument strainer/tray and an empty liquid container inside which was more than likely used to store alcohol or another sterile solvent

A great piece of history from the Pacific Theater of WWII

weapons sent were "Scrubbed" of any original markings

The gyroscope was somewhat delicate and required a lot more calibration than the rest of the system

Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Iron & Brass Leather Scabbard Century and lack the proper textureOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This is a very nice example of an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Officers M1883 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