Help with mei

[Ooitame]

Hello all any help will be appreciated.

 

 

[Geraint]

Sorry Eric, nothing showing for me.

 

All the best.

[Ooitame]

Sorry I cropped them and reloaded.

[ROKUJURO]

Eric,

HIROMITSU and 1944, April (?).

You can make reading easier by showing the NAKAGO tip-upwards.

[Ooitame]

@ROKUJURO I believe you nailed it! Apologizes I should have rotated the images.

[uwe]

Hi Jean,

 

do we see “二十” (1945) ?

[ROKUJURO]

Uwe,

that may well be. My eyes are not the best, unfortunately.

[Bugyotsuji]

二十… Or even 昭和三十年?

[Kiipu]

And putting it all together, one gets the following.

廣光 = Hiromitsu.

昭和二十年四月 = 1945 April.

 

I suppose it is a late war Type 100 with inspection marks?

[Ooitame]

@Kiipu  Yes late war type 100 with upside down Gifu. Thank you, I believe this stamp and smith are 50/50 in traditional  vs non traditionally made?

[Kiipu]

Hiromitsu was a Seki swordsmith.  Considering this is a late war Type 100 it is probably just a machine made blade.  Is this the same Gifu marked sword that you posted pictures of in the "Arsenal Stamps." thread?  If so, calling @Bruce Pennington.

[Ooitame]

@Kiipu thank you, that is correct.

[EastCoast]

Better shots:

 

 

[EastCoast]

Just a little back story. Was going to hold on to this information for a little bit, but I'd thought I'd share. I'll post a full thread later. I've found an out of the way little town that is loaded with trophies from the war. I've already seen Kamakura forward.... all untouched since the war! Also a ton of Nazi artifacts. It's a historical goldmine!

[DTM72]

@EastCoast

Not sure where you are located on the East coast but I, and other members, are on the east coast as well. Feel free to keep posting your finds or message directly. Love to hear about discoveries like this!