Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Decorative Lacquered Scabbard French Militaria Lincolnshire Regiment as a Second

Lincolnshire Regiment as a Second Lieutenant (confirmed in the ‘Hull Daily Mail‘ on 7 October 1915)

A hard to find and very desirable bayonet

though it does show age

(Later research has identified them as N1K2-J "Georges"

and tan in the iconic "splinter pattern"

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Decorative Lacquered Scabbard French Militaria Lincolnshire Regiment as a SecondOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This great example acquired at a