Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Leather Scabbard & Replacement Grip Flowers Category_MG 34 Pistol Grip Assembly fading and wear

fading and wear

Each service had a differing standard flare

on either side of the star along the upper medal circumference

which continued to be aligned with the 35th Division

Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Leather Scabbard & Replacement Grip Flowers Category_MG 34 Pistol Grip Assembly fading and wearOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This is a very nice lightly used example of an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Model 1883 Officers Dress Parade Dirk, complete with its brass mounted leather scabbard. As with Naval Dirks in Europe, they were given to officers when they were first commissioned, and were not intended to be any type of functional weapon. They began to be issued starting in the 1880s, and their use continued until the end of WWII. In