Pippo Posted October 8, 2022 Report Posted October 8, 2022 Have a WW2 decorated sword with this nicely stitched and attached tag. If someone could help with translation thatd be excellent. Thsnkd pippo Quote
Nobody Posted October 8, 2022 Report Posted October 8, 2022 南東方面艦隊 – Southeast Area Fleet 海軍少佐 – Navy lieutenant commander 松元緑 – Matsumoto Midori (reading?) 4 1 2 Quote
Pippo Posted October 8, 2022 Author Report Posted October 8, 2022 Thankyou very much, photos of the handle show the Mon 3 1 Quote
george trotter Posted October 8, 2022 Report Posted October 8, 2022 Can we see the blade and tang? Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted October 8, 2022 Report Posted October 8, 2022 I second that request, @Pippo! Wow! This seems to answer the age-old question as to whether there were private swords re-fitted for the navy! I have seen old blades re-fitted in fully standard kaigunto koshirae, but I don't recall seeing one in it's civil fittings with the wartime leather covered saya. 2 Quote
Pippo Posted October 8, 2022 Author Report Posted October 8, 2022 Sure, ill try in better light as 21:04 here in perth and house lights arent that great. Quote
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