Japan, Empire. A Tsuba with Sennin Figure Buy Now and the Museum of History

and the Museum of History in Belfort

Pinned onto the peak is an aluminum alloy insignia in the form of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

The obverse bears a finely-detailed acid-etched inscription of “ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT” (“IN MEMORY OF MY SERVICE TIME”) on a stylized banner

with additional inspection stamps for the same year

’ The original house burnt down in 1947 and was rebuilt the same year by Sarah Diodati Gardiner

Japan, Empire. A Tsuba with Sennin Figure Buy Now and the Museum of HistoryTsube (sword guard), in deeply toned copper, featuring a Sennin (immortal) with two hitsu ana, one for the sword blade (nakago ana) and smaller for the utility knife (kozuka ana), measuring 66. 40 mm (w) x 70. 24 mm (h), fine