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WW2 army officers signed sword


phil reid

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This is a rather weird mei.  looks to be:  MI NO KUNI KAJITA JU MORITA KANESHIGA SAKU

The "no" is katakana (a small stroke).... very unusual use.

So Mino is the Province.  Kajita is a town in Mino (I guess he came from there).  So checking, it appears the towns of Tomida and Kajita were combined to form Tomika. 

Be good to see the blade.

Mal

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Morning chaps, 

 Quick photo of blade and fittings, lights bad this morning. Standard military fittings, only showa acceptance stamp as extra to the tang, no other markings. Yes, plan to take some time to show blade and ww2 photos of the lady's father who was 2/9 Australian commando late war in the pacific and she tells me theres photos of her dad holding this blade after a fire fight with the Japanese , hopefully shell dig these up in next few days and ill move this over to the military site with a better idea of its WW2 history.

 Cheers 

 Phil

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Great, thanks!  So a "Showa" stamp.  The smith may have made blades for the RJT program, but like many smiths, they weren't all for the program.  This one would not be traditionally made, evidenced by the stamp.  Most of the dated blades with the Showa stamp were made in 1940, but we have examples from 1935 - 1945 (none in '43 and '44). So, odds are this was a 1940 make.

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