Original Japanese WWII Army Company Officer's 1886 Pattern Kyu-Gunto Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard Receiver Top Cover The cap is lined with

The cap is lined with cream colored rayon fabric and still retains the complete celluloid diamond

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Original Japanese WWII Army Company Officer's 1886 Pattern Kyu-Gunto Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard Receiver Top Cover The cap is lined withOriginal 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