Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Leather Scabbard & Replacement Grip Flowers Bayonets This is an old lady

This is an old lady and should NOT be fired but retired to the Mantle piece instead

though does show wear and staining from service

This very nice and rare helmet started out as a Canadian Manufactured WWII British MK I Dispatch Rider helmet

Decommissioned in February 1947

the Asiatic Fleet from 1916 was commanded by one of only four four-star admirals authorized in the U

Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Leather Scabbard & Replacement Grip Flowers Bayonets This is an old ladyOriginal 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