Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard German Flags Early in the operation

Early in the operation

17 Erdgelb-matt (matte earth yellow)

Blade shows age and losses to the plating and evidence of former storage corrosion from having been long stored with a damp blade

ran into heavy action

The India–China airlift delivered approximately 650

Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard German Flags Early in the operationOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This example dates from the Edo period