Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Scabbard U.S. Civil War The SS Infantry Regiment Germania

The SS Infantry Regiment Germania of the SS-Verfügungs-Division

It features all brass mounts and a wood with leather wrapped sword grip

with an unglazed ceramic body

though the marking is not entirely clear

Original Japanese WWII Army Officer Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Scabbard U.S. Civil War The SS Infantry Regiment GermaniaOriginal 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