100% ORIGINAL ISSUE PIECE. The item “AUSTRIA GRAND CROSS SET ORDER OF FRANZ JOSEPH 1950’S VARIATION. RARE. EF” is in sale since Saturday, March 04, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “worldmedals” and is located in NS. This item can be shipped to Canada, to all countries in Europe, to United States, to Australia, to Japan.
This is a very nice example of a Large Variation of a Japanese Cavalry Officer’s Sword, Type 19 and would have been in service all the way up to World War II. It is mounted with a plated machine made large, beefy blade that measures 28 1/2 inches in length by 1 3/16 inches at the widest. The blade remains in very nice original condition with only some minor surface blemishes. It wears a very nicely detailed pommel which frames a lovely horn hilt that although only a portion of the twisted wire remains, has survived in very healthy condition. The hilt also continues to wear much of the original bright gold wash and the backstrap features a lovely floral motif. The plated scabbard has a couple of small dings and some light flaking, otherwise also remains in very good serviceable condition. Overall measuring 36 3/4 inches in length. Be sure to add me to your favorites list. Check out my other items. The free listing tool. Get Vendio Gallery – Now FREE! The item “VERY NICE VARIATION LARGE JAPANESE CAVALRY OFFICER SWORD” is in sale since Saturday, October 04, 2014. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “pcay” and is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This item can be shipped worldwide.
This is an extremely nice and rare variation example of a Japanese Naval Officer’s Kai Gunto Sword. It is mounted with a beautiful Arsenal oil tempered blade that wears a cutting edge of 25 3/4 inches. The blade has survived in very nice original condition with only some very minor surface blemishes and boasts a fabulously active temper line that extends to the tip on both sides. The tang is signed on one side which translates to ” KANE KUNI “. The hilt and all the fittings remain in excellent condition as well however, the beautiful tsuba shows a bit of flaking to its plating along the edge. The scabbard wears a gorgeous shagreen covering that remains very healthy and is mounted with a RARE extended drag. The lower ashi (ring) is an older replacement. Overall measuring 40 1/8 inches in length. Still present, is the very nice, healthy original brown cloth tassel. Be sure to add me to your favorites list. Check out my other items. The free listing tool. Get Vendio Gallery – Now FREE! The item “VERY NICE JAPANESE NAVAL KAI GUNTO SWORD RARE VARIATION” is in sale since Wednesday, October 08, 2014. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “pcay” and is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This item can be shipped worldwide.