Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard No Return or about the cadet it

or about the cadet it was awarded to

These are very nice pairs of Japanese WWII Officer and Non-Commissioned Officer binocular field glasses

and the underside is marked serial number F97933

and was demobilized in February 1919

Fellows of the 34th Arkansas Infantry

Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard No Return or about the cadet itOriginal 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