Original Japanese Edo Period Lacquered High-Domed Jingasa Helmet with Liner & Gilt Emblem Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts Handle Length: 4 ½ inches

Handle Length: 4 ½ inches

Caliber: n/a

It is however missing a chunk torn off in storage somehow

Top of the barrel still has the correct Series I manufacturer engraving from before the company address moved to Newark

This is an original hand written letter to a "JOSHUA SHAYNE

Original Japanese Edo Period Lacquered High-Domed Jingasa Helmet with Liner & Gilt Emblem Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts Handle Length: 4 ½ inchesOriginal Item: Only One Available. A KASA () is any one of several sorts of traditional Japanese hats. Some types are amigasa, jingasa, sandogasa, sugegasa, and takuhatsugasa. Note that rendaku ("sequential voicing") causes kasa to change to gasa when it is preceded by another word specifying the type of hat: thus, JINGASA ( "camp hat"; helmet). These were issued to the lowliest soldiers of the Japanese War Lords (The Samurai). They were used by