Original North African Taureg Takoba Broadsword with Broken Leather Scabbard circa 1880 Japanese Militaria Serial number 148358 is present

Serial number 148358 is present on the barrel

Illustrated with diagrams and line drawings

Supplies were in short supply including maps

By the end of October 1944

This example is in very good used condition

Original North African Taureg Takoba Broadsword with Broken Leather Scabbard circa 1880 Japanese Militaria Serial number 148358 is presentOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This dates from 1850 1880 and is a North African Broadsword from the Tuareg people of the BERBER CLANS. A people who go back to just after the time of Christ, they are were a nomadic a nomadic people, and generally avoid outside contact. Their great Queen ruled a vast North African Empire around 500 A. D. The first encounters with Europeans were in the Crusader's time around 1100 1300 AD, and the early European Knightly