Original Japanese WWII Named Navy Officer Model 1883 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Knot and Leather Parade Scabbard Price_$-00 - $30 with tear repair using OD

with tear repair using OD green material on the front

Developed in Czechoslovakia by ČKD

the serial numbers can be quite high

further verifying that it is the "Old Model" Army

but developed into a volunteer emergency response unit

Original Japanese WWII Named Navy Officer Model 1883 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Knot and Leather Parade Scabbard Price_$-00 - $30 with tear repair using ODOriginal 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