WW2 Tsuba

[steve69au]

Most WW2 tsubas ive seen are brass but this seems to be copper or similar

all fittings are matching and high end and come off a sword signed Hizen no Kuni ju Ichimonji Hiroto and come with crest

has anyone else come across these

[Mark]

yes, there are a variety of gunto mountings, some have a brass, or even gold wash, finish, some have a copper finish. I think there were a number of workshops making gunto mounts and the quality and finish varied

[Lindus]

Yes,often, but this is not run of the mill. You have a fine quality Gunto Tsuba that is Sukashi, this would have cost the officer much more as would the Mon.

Some pic's of the mounts as well as the blade would be nice.

[steve69au]

Hi Roy some photos are post in another post viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13514&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

[Lindus]

Nice find Steve,well done. Interesting to get the script on the Tsuka translated,why not scan it and ask for help on that.

[steve69au]

Hi Roy

The script on the Tsuka has translation on it one side Japanese the other is english

 

first bit a bit hard to read but rhe rest says "first eductional aircorps Specail Sergeant Major Masake Nakamura"

I was confused with a Sergeant Major having an officers sword but have found out while rare it did happen with high ranked NCOs