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    “The Army of Japan, Part II.” The Cosmopolitan 10.2 (December 1890): 167.
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    The Japan Weekly Mail (1888-07-21): 56.
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    Sharp eyes you have. The markings on the tsuba are as follows. Suya logo. H二二二マ = H222MA. Katakana character マ = MA
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    Sorry about that BangBangSan. Apparently the link disappeared from my post or I forgot to insert it. Cream/Brown Tassel of Railway Police
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    And yet two more NCR swords show up with numbered habaki! Thanks for sharing the pictures. Gotta run along as I am working on something else.
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    See this recent article for a complete image of the flaming pot/jewel symbol. This symbol only seems to show up from this group of smiths? Amahide & Seki Nihonto Tanren Jo The source of the two illustrations above can be found below. north china railway winged wheel stamp
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    Bruce, I updated the post after the fact and that is why you missed it. It took some time to find the Mantetsu 13 series swords that BangBangSan was looking for. Thankfully, Stegel-san reposted those tachi pictures which had serial number ワ 一三四.
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    The character is the hiragana character と (to). Thus the serial number is と 三七四 [to 374].
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    Serial number not stated but is looks like it could be ワ 三三? Mantetsu Wakizashi
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    ワ 六 = WA 6　No pictures. http://ohmura-study.net/222.html ワ 一三四 = WA 134. https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/28631-railway-swords-stamps/?do=findComment&comment=290148 ワ 一五八 = WA 158. https://yakiba.com/Kat_Mantetsu4.htm https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/26165-attention-mantetsu-owners-a-survey/?do=findComment&comment=265512
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    The Mantetsu 13 ワ series is a bit of a toss up as far as dates are concerned. An unusual amount of custom swords also make an appearance. At this early date, all are commercial blades. In summary, this is what shows up. 1941春　ワ 　　六　Details unknown. 1940秋　ワ 　三三　Wakazashi. 1940秋　ワ 　七三　Wakazashi Type 98. 1941春　ワ 一三四　SMR Tachi. 1941春　ワ 一五八　Type 98
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    The logo stamped on the crossguard in post 2.
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    Possibly the logo of Yamamoto Military Sword Shop 山本軍刀店. Kyu Gunto mounted tachi
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    Nothing wrong with your memory! Very Unusual Gunto Koshirae
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    明治廿三年三月 = March 1890 [1890-03].
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    The complete stamp should look like the image below.
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    Ishimeji 石目地 maybe? Try looking up the term in Sesko's book, Encyclopedia of Japanese Swords.
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    28th Series Mantetsu, Early Army Contract. ク 四七一 = KU 471. 昭和壬午秋 = Autumn 1942. M inspection mark along with subassembly number. 満鐵作 = SMR made.
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    Fourth Column From Left (Revised) 昭和十七年壱月参日 = 1942-01-03. Second Column From Left The first two characters look like Tōkyō to me. But I am at a loss as to the last two. 東京 = Tōkyō.
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    Third Column From Left 第二八三■ = No. 283■ The last character looks like a solid colored square. However, there is a small chance that it could be the character 號 as well. Fourth Column From Left 昭和十七年二月参日 = 1942-02-03. My best guess is that the month is February 二月.
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    First Column From Left This looks like a company name. So far, I can make out ?田軍刀店??.
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    BangBangSan, Is the serial number of the sword or scabbard 4405? 四四〇五𠮷 𠮷 = 吉.
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    My name does appear in all my posts underneath my location. I seem to recall the moderator changing that with the new forum software. Found the link and it is below. Missing names?
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    Thank you BangBangSan for another interesting find. Does anyone have any ideas what the item in the middle of the trademark is?
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    Below is the breakdown for you. 小倉陸軍造兵廠 = 小倉 Kokura 陸軍 Rikugun 造兵廠 Zōheishō = Kokura Army Arsenal.
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