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I have some questions regarding a sword I ran into online. The pictures are below and my concerns with the sword are:

1. The Logo on the guard is unknown to me and I couldn't find another one like it after researching it

2. The tip of the blade seems to be different from the other navy swords, it seems to be too small for a combat blade but the tip and style is different from similar style swords.

3. The style of the guard is also different from other ones in Dawson's book. 

 

 

Does anyone know anything about this style of sword? Any help is greatly appreciated. I couldn't find one like it from Dawson's book which makes me believe it is fishy.

 

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Ha! Didn't see Kenny's reply before I posted.

 

And just for those without the book, Dawson says the bare backstrap is of the "Hannin" rank. Hannin were the NCO equivilent of the Gunzoku, the civilian branch of the military. They wore uniforms but were civilians doing work such as diplomats, teachers (Takayama was a Gunzoku), etc and had distinctive rank/patches.

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