Original Early 17th Century Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword with Handmade Blade, Gold Inlaid Fittings and Scabbard Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly This is a lovely example

This is a lovely example of the increasingly hard to find camouflaged M16 helmet from the Great War

made by the very rare firm of Arthur Wingen "Chromolit"

The bayonet has a has a very nice custom etched nickel plated blade

• Detached original unissued China Burma India Theater (CBI) shoulder patch

The fuse on this example is actually marked with a Japanese date: 8 六 十 昭

Original Early 17th Century Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword with Handmade Blade, Gold Inlaid Fittings and Scabbard Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly This is a lovely exampleOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This example dates from the very early