The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 iron mokko gata shape 73mm x 70mm with an overall cloud pattern. The brown painted steel scabbard is a standard shin-gunto army style. Much of the original khaki paint on the scabbard is missing and there is some surface pitting.
This sword was found at Tarakan by NX17921 Gunner D R Wells, 53rd AA Composite Regiment, AIF.
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
Japanese wakizashi sword mountings. The hilt is grey leather covered over wood with a plain ribbed fushi but the binding, menuki and kashira are missing.The round tsuba is plain iron with a pierced le
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 sword. Shin-gunto standard mountings with cherry blossom menuki on each side of the handle under the binding. The habaki on the blade is gilt plated copper. The blade has a goo
Japanese Army Officer's shin-gunto sword and scabbard. The hilt is a late Second World War type lacquered binding with blackened iron fushi kashira mountings, cherry blossom menuki and a plain oval di
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
