Original Japanese WWII Service Used Cotton Rising Sun Army War Flag - 7' x 10' Category_MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The scabbard also still has

The scabbard also still has the embossed leather "body sling" used to secure the scabbard

Interestingly the lid has two holes which line up with holes in the upper side of the tin through which wires were secured by lead seals on each side to ensure that that the "Contributions Collector" could not open the tin unauthorized

The vent holes were also omitted to save production time

The word "cutlass" developed from the 17th-century English use of "coutelas"

The blade is 6” long

Original Japanese WWII Service Used Cotton Rising Sun Army War Flag - 7' x 10' Category_MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The scabbard also still hasOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Rising Sun Flag ( Kyokujitsu ki) design was originally used by feudal warlords in Japan during the Edo period. On May 15, 1870, as a policy of the Meiji government, it was adopted as the war flag of the Imperial Japanese Army, and on October 7, 1889, it was adopted as the naval ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy (Naval flags have the sun off center to the left). With the sun in the center, this is a flag of the