Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Lacquered Scabbard Accessories This may be from an

This may be from an interwar reissue

and the overall shape is very similar to the "KA-BAR" knives that were widely issued

Vehmann enlisted and was trained before being sent to North Africa via Italy

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Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Lacquered Scabbard Accessories This may be from anOriginal 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 great example acquired at a