Original WWII Excellent Condition Japanese Army Type 95 NCO Katana Sword - Matched Serial 68192 Flintlocks the Coldstream Guards

the Coldstream Guards

rather primitive

even 80 years after the fact

“The Dud”

next to a hand holding a sword

Original WWII Excellent Condition Japanese Army Type 95 NCO Katana Sword - Matched Serial 68192 Flintlocks the Coldstream GuardsOriginal Item: Only One Available. The end of WWII marked the beginning of the sword ownership ban in Japan. By law, Japanese citizens were forbidden to own swords. General McArthur did not want the general population to be able to arm again. Most soldiers and citizens surrendered their swords to the American occupying forces. The Americans destroyed a large number of swords by dumping them into the ocean or by melting them. But a small percentage