Original Argentine Model 1909 Artillery Short Sword with Scabbard - Intact Crest Helmets or "brush-strokes"

or "brush-strokes"

Later Italy would produce its own simplified version

The China-Burma-India theater was strategically essential in order to fix many vital elements of the Imperial Japanese Army on the Chinese mainland to limit their use against Allied forces advancing towards Japan in the two Pacific campaigns

and it does not looks to have seen much use at all

complete with polished steel two ring scabbard

Original Argentine Model 1909 Artillery Short Sword with Scabbard - Intact Crest Helmets or "brush-strokes"Original Item: Only One Available. This really is a very nice example of an Argentine Model 1909 Artillery Short Sword or Machete. Intended to be used by Argentine elite troops in the Argentine jungle and by the artillery, this fine example comes complete with its original scabbard. Unlike earlier examples, this one was made domestically, instead of being imported from Germany. What is special about this example is that the ARGENTINE CREST is still