Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Company Grade Officer’s Parade Sword with Scabbard Flintlocks and an unadorned black Kabuto-Gane

and an unadorned black Kabuto-Gane (Pommel Cap)

which is why they are referred to as "Luttich Carbines"

Measures 13 1/4"W x 15 5/8"H

The scabbard is fitted in a very nice wartime pattern leather frog

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Company Grade Officer’s Parade Sword with Scabbard Flintlocks and an unadorned black Kabuto-GaneOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first standard sword of the Japanese military was known as the kyu gunto (, old military sword). Murata Tsuneyoshi (1838 1921), a Japanese general who previously made guns, started making what was probably the first mass produced substitute for traditionally made samurai swords. These swords are referred to as "Murata to" and they were used in both the Sino Japanese war (1894 1895) and the Russo Japanese war