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WW2 army officers signed sword


phil reid

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Phil,

Is this yours?  How much do you want to know about the Koa Isshin Mantetsu?

 

The serial number puts this in the middle of the year of 1940, regardless of the "Spring" on the date.  Almost all of them say "Spring" for some reason.

 

Thanks for posting, I didn't have this one in the Mantetsu Survey.  Now I do!

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Thankyou SteveM and Bruce ,

 Yes mine , did you want some more photos . What I understand of the Koa Isshin swords was that they were a "Asian" patriotic blade and the steel was from the asian mainland and shipped back to Japan to produce these swords(probably got it wrong , ill sit down tonight and look up). Im such a dope , ive another of these Koa Isshin Mantetsu sword , ill pull it apart and flick you photos on weekend as may be another for your survey.

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