Original WWII Japanese Army Battle Damaged Type 95 NCO Katana Sword with Matched Serial 70264 British Machine Guns In the fine balance between

In the fine balance between caricatures that celebrated and those that revealed darker fears about a world turned upside down

The scabbard is straight throughout and still has over 95% of the original black enamel paint

Both are offered in very good supple condition

380th Bomb Group that was known as the "The Flying Circus

Swords like this were used from the Mexican War through the Civil War

Original WWII Japanese Army Battle Damaged Type 95 NCO Katana Sword with Matched Serial 70264 British Machine Guns In the fine balance betweenOriginal Item: Only One Available. The end of WWII marked the beginning of the sword ownership ban in Japan. By law, Japanese citizens were forbidden to own swords. General McArthur did not want the general population to be able to arm again. Most soldiers and citizens surrendered their swords to the American occupying forces. The Americans destroyed a large number of swords by dumping them into the ocean or by melting them. But a small percentage