The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Japanese shin-gunto sword mountings. Standard Japanese Army brass fittings of brass tsuba, six seppa and menuki. The hilt binding has been laquered and the sarute (pommel loop) is missing. The handle is broken and bound up with a white bandage. The scabbard is dark brown painted steel with fittings to match the hilt and has a red and brown field officer's tassel, that has been cut, attached to the hanger strap ring. The hilt and scabbard are held together with a wooden keeper blade.
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Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under
Japanese Military Sword Mountings. The hilt has mountings of the Showa (c 1930) period flower pattern Fushi-Kashira. The menuki are a copper crabs with pronounced claws and the tsuba (guard) is an ir
Japanese Army officer's sword. Shin-gunto mountings with a polished brass dragon design guard (tsuba). The grip has a double collar near the guard, one standard military and the other in brass with a
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under
Japanese Army officer's Shin-gunto sword. The hilt has standard fittings with cherry blossom menuki on each side of the handle under the binding. The tsuba (guard) is a good quality pierced type and t
Japanese Shin-Gunto officer's sword with standard military fittings of a pierced tsuba (guard), five sepa, and cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornaments) on the white same (ray skin) under the brown bindi
