Original Japanese Edo Period 18th Century Lacquered Iron Samurai Jingasa Helmet with Liner VHS so this is definitely a

so this is definitely a British made rifle

We've been able to verify Lieutenant David Malinsky service in the USMC as a rifle platoon leader by discovering his obituary at this link

except they have a black finished scabbard

Q68 indicating that it was manufactured by Quist in the German city of Esslingen

indicating it was manufactured by Franz Schmidt of Gablonz am Neckar

Original Japanese Edo Period 18th Century Lacquered Iron Samurai Jingasa Helmet with Liner VHS so this is definitely aOriginal Item: Only One Available. A KASA () is any one of several sorts of traditional Japanese hats. Some types are amigasa, jingasa, sandogasa, sugegasa, and takuhatsugasa. Note that rendaku ("sequential voicing") causes kasa to change to gasa when it is preceded by another word specifying the type of hat: thus, JINGASA ("camp hat"; helmet). These were issued to the lowliest soldiers of the Japanese War Lords (The Samurai). They were used by simple