Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 20th November 2019
Lot 339
Two Japanese swords: the first an o-wakizashi
Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £500
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Description
Two Japanese swords: the first an o-wakizashi, blade 20 in, hon-zukuri, gilt-copper habaki with slanting file marks, tsuriagi nakago with three ana; shingunto tsuba, plain copper kashira, copper menuki in the form of dragons, in a leather covered shingunto field scabbard to fit a longer sword; the second an NCO's shingunto, mass produced blade 27.25 in. and numbered 30660, cast aluminium hilt, copper fuchi with arsenal control marks (Koishikawa or Kokura), regulation steel scabbard. [2]