Japanese Cavalry Saber
It was first issued in 1889 and would be crafted until the end of wwii though by the end of wwii where they had been serving in manchuria and china.
Japanese cavalry saber. Sword production was believed to have ended in the mid 1930s but the swords continued to be issued and employed till the end of world war ii. Japanese ww2 type 32 ko cavalry sword army nco saber here s an original japanese type 32 army sword with matching serial numbers. The japanese type 32 saber was a government issued cavalry sword. Make offer imperial japanese cavalry saber sword wwii gi bring back.
Imperial japanese cavalry saber sword wwii gi bring back. There are two kinds of these guntōes the kō for a cavalry trooper and the otsu for a transport soldier. An excellent museum quality original japanese type 32 model 1899 ko pattern sword manufactured at the tokyo hohei kosho arsenal in tokyo between 1899 and 1923 and issued to cavalry ncos other arms non comms were issued with the slightly shorter type 32 otsu pattern. The type 32 pattern sword was adopted in the 32nd year of the meiji reign 1899.
Type 32 guntō is a government supply noncommissioned officer sword enacted in 1889 august 23 meiji 32.