Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Flintlock Pistols sewn to a Waffenfarbe underlay

sewn to a Waffenfarbe underlay

)A red band around the base plug on the bottom indicated the detonator was already installed and that the grenade was live

It continued fighting around Leningrad until the German forces retreated in January 1944

The retaining hooks are still intact

It is faintly stamped 57 in a circle on one of the fingers as well

Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Flintlock Pistols sewn to a Waffenfarbe underlayOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This is a very nice lightly used example of an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Model 1883 Officers Dress Parade Dirk, complete with its brass mounted leather scabbard. As with Naval Dirks in Europe, they were given to officers when they were first commissioned, and were not intended to be any type of functional weapon. They began to be issued starting in the 1880s, and their use continued until the end of WWII. In