Is this an occupation or parade sword?

[drdata]

Curious if the members here agree with the description of this item as a occupation sword:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... ink:top:en

 

I am not interested in buying this item as I already have a similar item with the same 5/7/5 mon and leather saya. Mine has a silver bullion knot, but no habaki/seppa, however.

 

I could find no exact match in fuller/Gregory military swords of Japan; in fact silvered knots are not even mentioned there. I believe I saw a thread here that silver was for diplomatic/governmental official use.

 

If you agree to this sellers description then I can avoid posting a thread to identify mine.

 

Thanks

[Mark]

Korean occupation sword

[drdata]

Thanks Mark.

 

Regards

[gab72]

A very beautiful Japanese sword example in western style.

Thanks for share.