Original 14th Century Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword by 2nd Gen SOSHU-DEN AKIHIRO in Resting Scabbard Japanese Militaria - Photo album from the

- Photo album from the Occupation of Nicaragua with more than 100 original photos held in with corner stays many with hand written captions beneath

5"Hip width: 16

The first "Richmond" percussion muskets had HIGH HUMP lock plates

The image painted on the wood consists of a Wolf smoking a pipe wearing US Navy dress blues with a white dixie cup cap on while he rests on a torpedo

the hospitals and patients were held several days and exchanged for Confederate prisoners of war

Original 14th Century Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword by 2nd Gen SOSHU-DEN AKIHIRO in Resting Scabbard Japanese Militaria - Photo album from theOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm). 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. As best we can tell, this example dates from the Muromachi period ( Muromachi