ANTIQUE WW2 JAPANESE SAMURAI KATANA IWO JIMA RARE ITEM TANTO WAKIZASHI
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Reference Number: Avaluer:394601 | Edge: Single |
Authenticity: Original | Tang: Full |
INSCRIPTION : IWO JIMA; 1945; Percy; IDAHO
SOME LETTERS ARE NOT VERY CLEAR, THE RUST GOT THEM, BUT STILL CAN BE SEENWRITING WAS NOT DONE BY A MASTER ENGRAVER, MOST LIKELY BY THE SOLDIER WHO CAPTURED THE SWORDTANG HAS UNCLEAR SIGNING, TANG HAS 2 HOLES, ONE IS PLUGGEDBLADE IS IN GOOD CONDITION BUT NOT GREAT, TSUBA IS RARE PERFORATED KINDSCABBARD IS COVERED WITH COMBAT LEATHERTHIS S...WORD PARTICIPATED IN USA INVASION OF JAPANPART OF INVASION WAS ISLAND OF IWO JIMA, PLACE WHERE THE SWORD WAS CAPTUREDTHIS SWORD WAS BROUGHT BACK BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER