Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Kyu-Gunto Sword with Clan Crest and Nickel-Plated Scabbard U.S. Artillery 1b-1979 using a 1950 Newton

1b-1979 using a 1950 Newton tension equivalent (440 ft lb) load for two minutes

RICHARDSON

Corporal Edwin G

with all the intact spring clips

Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Kyu-Gunto Sword with Clan Crest and Nickel-Plated Scabbard U.S. Artillery 1b-1979 using a 1950 NewtonOriginal 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