Japanese Cavalry Sword
Very minor spotting and staining to its surface.
Japanese cavalry sword. Original examples came from song dynasty china and were employed by anti cavalry infantry in the same manner. The japanese type 32 saber was a government issued cavalry sword. Kyu guntoswords also called russo japanese swords were used by army cavalry and naval officers during the russo japanese war and ww ii. The type 25 introduced in 1892 have brass hilts and plain wood grips.
The production of swords in japan is divided into time periods. Covered wooden grip with triple strand brass wire binding. Like shin gunto a great variety of quality in both blades traditional and machine made and mounts is seen in kyu gunto swords. Brass basket guard and backstrap with two 10 leaf cherry blossoms and floral decoration indicating a company grade officer.
Zanbatō 斬馬刀 an especially large single edged sword dating to the heian period of historical japan. These are the kyu gunto old military sword the kai gunto naval officer sword shin gunto new military sword and nco shin gunto new military sword for non commissioned officers. Type 32 guntō is a government supply noncommissioned officer sword enacted in 1889 august 23 meiji 32. 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.
There are generally four types of swords that were given to the imperial japanese army and navy officers. The name zanbatō translates to horse slaying sword or horse chopping saber. The type 32 model 1899 was a machine made weapon manufactured at the tokyo hohei kosho arsenal in tokyo in 2 patterns. There are two kinds of these guntōes the kō for a cavalry trooper and the otsu for a transport soldier.
Imperial japanese cavalry saber sword wwii gi bring back. Make offer imperial japanese cavalry saber sword wwii gi bring back. Jōkotō 上古刀 ancient swords until around 900 a d kotō 古刀 old swords from around 900 1596 shintō 新刀 new swords 1596 1780 shinshintō 新々刀 new new swords 1781 1876 gendaitō 現代刀 modern swords 1876 1945 shinsakutō. Japanese cavalry sabers introduced in the late 19th century have machine made blades with serial numbers on the ricasso and will commonly have arsenal stamps on the guard.
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