Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Kyu-Gunto Sword with Tortoise Shell Grip & Scabbard Japanese Helmets The fact that gut was

The fact that gut was used and not thread indicates this was done before 1900 and not by a commercial outfit

The rear steel belt attachment buckle on the harness is painted in gray and is maker marked Patent / Ritter

and good luck

to help differentiate the different SA groups

lock is marked with an eagle and "US SPRINGFIELD”

Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Kyu-Gunto Sword with Tortoise Shell Grip & Scabbard Japanese Helmets The fact that gut wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first standard sword of the Japanese military was known as the kyu gunto (, old military sword). Murata Tsuneyoshi (1838 1921), a Japanese general who previously made guns, started making what was probably the first mass produced substitute for traditionally made samurai swords. These swords are referred to as "Murata to" and they were used in both the Sino Japanese war (1894 1895) and the Russo Japanese war