Type 19 cavalry sword mon identification

[Mark P]

Type 19 cavalry Officers mon identification. Can anyone help in identifying this silver mon. Thank you in advanvce.

[Nobody]

It is not a mon but a family name 松尾 - Matsuo.

[Mark P]

Thank you very much. I tried to post more picks however it tells me there too large and skips them. I will try and post the rest there is another unusual scabbard with A little blade that comes out at 90 degrees.

[Kantaro]

Firefighter?

 

[Mark P]

Any idea how common or uncommon these swords/scabbards are. I have never seen one before and I have looked at many throughout the years.

[moriarty]

I've seen one before, if that's worth something 

[lonely panet]

extremely rare

[Mark P]

I want to thank everyone for their input and invaluable feedback. Very helpful.

[Scogg]

These fire service swords are pretty cool. A few different ones are featured in Jim Dawsons book “Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945 Cyclopedia edition”. I highly recommend the book if you’re interested in military swords of Japan. The author sells them direct via eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/116475828833?_skw=sword+of+imperial+Japan+1868-1945

 

One of the swords pictured in the book is the same style as yours (pg. 328). Dawson describes it as a “"D" guard fire service sword with folding tobiguchi hook in the scabbard tip”. He notes that of the three he observed from the Fuller collection, two had army company grade kyugunto backstraps, and one had a lieutenant level police backstrap. 
 

I’ve never seen one myself.

Pretty cool!

-Sam 

[Mark P]

Wow, thank you very much, I will get a copy asap.