Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Snider Rifles & Bayonets The gun is fitted iron

The gun is fitted iron original mounts

CQMS Robert Flood

and a "top break" loading system

27th Infantry Regiment

The case is marked with the Gillette arrow logo in a diamond

Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Snider Rifles & Bayonets The gun is fitted ironOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This is a very nice 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 design, it is