Original Late Edo Period Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword by FUJIWARA TADAHIRO with Lacquered Scabbard and Sageo Sword Cord Russian Antique Guns • 3rd Infantry Division patch

• 3rd Infantry Division patch

There is a minimized nickel silver TSUBA (cross guard)

Whale (2988) of the Cambridgeshire Regiment    3- Private E

These fittings are based on the Imperial German Kaiserliche Marine Model 1902 Naval Officer's Dirk and feature a brass "Imperial Crown" pommel and a cross guard with round finials and flutes towards the end

The Kentish Guards distinguished themselves several times in the American Revolutionary War

Original Late Edo Period Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword by FUJIWARA TADAHIRO with Lacquered Scabbard and Sageo Sword Cord Russian Antique Guns • 3rd Infantry Division patchOriginal 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 example dates from the Edo period