Original WWII Japanese Army Type 95 NCO Aluminum Handle Katana Sword with Excellent Blade - Matched Serial 97360 French Helmets used it as a wooden

used it as a wooden box label of Japanese green tea for export in the Meiji period (1880s)

and they properly pop up when the covers are opened

a cavalry soldier rode into the camp

Below this is a complete original Luftschutz helmet information decal / paint stamp:

The smooth trigger

Original WWII Japanese Army Type 95 NCO Aluminum Handle Katana Sword with Excellent Blade - Matched Serial 97360 French Helmets used it as a woodenOriginal Item: Only One Available. The end of WWII marked the beginning of the sword ownership ban in Japan. By law, Japanese citizens were forbidden to own swords. General McArthur did not want the general population to be able to arm again. Most soldiers and citizens surrendered their swords to the American occupying forces. The Americans destroyed a large number of swords by dumping them into the ocean or by melting them. But a small percentage