Mantetsu , Translation, date,appreciated

[paul carruthers]

[Ray Singer]

Please see below 

 

http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/koa.htm

[paul carruthers]

Cheers 

i have the letter approving it a souvenir for a British member of the medical corps along with his playbook as a bit of provenance 

Edited July 29, 2022 by paul carruthers
Information

[paul carruthers]

Forgot these marks, 

[Kiipu]

昭和辛巳春 = 1941 Spring.

興亜一心　満鐵作之 = Kōa Isshin　South Manchuria Railway Company (SMR) made this.

ソ 二三一 = So-231 [serial number].

 

Paul, can you post an overall picture of the sword with the scabbard placed below the blade?  The purpose is just to see the style of fittings used.  And finally, there is a little article written by@Bruce Penningtonabout these swords that you can read in the "Downloads" section.

Mantetsu - South Manchurian Railway

[Bruce Pennington]

I had a lot of help with that article, especially from @Kiipu, @BANGBANGSAN, and @16k, along with countless other NMB guys who helped gather info and data!

 

If you haven't already read Ohmura's page on these, it's a good read too:  http://ohmura-study.net/998.html

[paul carruthers]

[Bruce Pennington]

Nice to see the leather cover!  Don't see that often on Mantetsu.