Army parade sword with unusual mon.

[Marcin]

Dropping in separate thread. I see this for some time. Mon looks like pigeon? I can't find it anywhere.

Blade was "DIY refreshed" or is it fake?

Would be nice to find example with fake mon.

 

JD id: c1192088517

[Conway]

The scabbard looks like it has been painted silver. Likely done because the finish on nickel and chrome plated scabbards are prone to damage. Aside from that, the sword looks genuine to me. Mon are far more common on dress swords than Type 94/98, so the presence of one would not automatically cause concerns of authenticity. 

[Marcin]

35 minutes ago, Conway said:

The scabbard looks like it has been painted silver. Likely done because the finish on nickel and chrome plated scabbards are prone to damage. Aside from that, the sword looks genuine to me. Mon are far morecommon on dress swords than Type 94/98, so the presence of one would not automatically cause concerns of authenticity. 

I saw a lot of mon. Didn't saw anything like this.

[Tensho]

There are tens of thousands of kamon and variations of. Finding references of unique ones may prove difficult.  

[Bruce Pennington]

This would be the best place to get help with that:
 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

Away from my books right now, but like Marcin above I spent some time searching the Japanese web and found some possibly related Mon/Kamon, but no exact matches. 
 

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