Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Heavy Blade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Textured Scabbard & Sageo Cord German SS - 3rd Class with 4th

- 3rd Class with 4th Class (gold medal with silver medal like this example)

9A1845-101

There are also some scuffs and other scratches from service

with a few scratches and minimal denting (if any) that do not interfere with sheathing the blade

The metal plate on the scabbard is stamped EARL WITT with E WITT stamped into the leather on the belt loop

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Heavy Blade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Textured Scabbard & Sageo Cord German SS - 3rd Class with 4thOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This great example dates from the Edo