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Hiro arsenal's mark is kind of like gourd.

Hello. My son was given this sword today from his grandfather who is 78, it was his father's that was in the war. We don't know much about it. We are assuming it's a military version but im having a hard time finding some of the marks so we can figure out it's age, where it was made and any other info. Thank you for any help you can give us. Adam Franks

I'll take that. Sending a PM.

Hi @Toryu2020 I've added your society. As for the other ones I'm missing - please reply in thread and I will add your society.

Of possible interest to some. Japanese Copy of a British M1855 Enfield Rifle

Not sure if this helps, but my uncle was in the Australian Army Engineers during the occupation of Japan 1946-1949. He was based in a place called Hiro which was not far from Kure. I always thought he worked at Kure but lived at near-by Hiro. Looks like Hiro might have been the place where his unit was stationed and also where they worked at the former Japanese Army arms production facility mentioned in babgbangsan's link.