Original British WWII Era Royal Army Ordnance Corps No. I Dress Blue Jacket Featuring Chainmail epaulets Display Guns & Parts Sets 15 inch curved blade with

15 inch curved blade with wood grips secured with four brass rivets

this is a very nice wartime production Japanese officer Katana in the Type 98 Shin-Gunto (九八式軍刀 kyūhachi-shiki guntō) setting

• Wonderful wartime propaganda pamphlet dropped on Allied troops advancing toward AACHEN that reads in part: “NOW is the time to say your prayers

so we believe this is a Bronze version

tapering gracefully from muzzle to "reinforce" or "butt

Original British WWII Era Royal Army Ordnance Corps No. I Dress Blue Jacket Featuring Chainmail epaulets Display Guns & Parts Sets 15 inch curved blade withOriginal Item: Only One Available. No. 1 Dress, or "dress blues", is a ceremonial uniform, worn on only the most formal of occasions and by senior staff officers, aides to the Royal Family, and to the personal staff of senior officers in command. It is not generally issued to all units, with the khaki No. 2 Dress functioning as the main parade uniform. No. 1 dress originated in the "undress" uniforms ('blue Patrols') worn for semi formal or ordinary