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Thank you all for your time and expertise. I am probably going to send it out to bob benson for a polish and inspection regardless if gimei or not.

Not sure which one you’re referring too, I’m assuming by context that mine is the one that looks imitation correct? Mine does have some rather dinstinctive differences in the UDA

Hey, did you ever get your sword identified/verified ? the mei on my grandfathers sword looks very similar. http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/26554-need-some-help-translating-mei-grandfathers-sword-any-help-would-be-appreciated/

i did find another poster with very similar Mei on his sword. http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/22947-translation-help-please-tell-me-where-im-going-wrong/ pretty interesting similarities

Not really sure, "the biggest palace we could find." was words of my grandfather. it's unclear if he took it from palace or from the surrendering high ranking officer tbh. (you know how family legends can change over time) i am reaching out to my uncle to see if he has any other recollection as my grandfather has passed away now. this was immediately proceeding the surrender of the emperor, but yeah I thought that was odd too. Another board i posted this on instantly said gimei as the signature didn't match any other uda kunimune's , is that a common theme with nihontos?

Hey guys, I am no collector or aficionado so this is really difficult to figure out. Little backstory, my grandfather took this from a palace in Peking, China, in 1945. He was OSS and dropped there ahead of everyone else to facilitate the surrender of the Japanese army. Any help would be appreciated. thanks.