Knives, Bayonets, Swords, & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Nice Showa Period WWII Japanese Naval / Army Officer Sword Tassel from the Showa Period (1926 Ð 1989). After WWI and during WWII there was much conflict between China and Japan. Oil, available only in the Dutch East Indies helped to escalate...

ARTIFACT: Minty WWII Japanese Naval / Army Officer Sword Tassel from the Showa Period (1926 Ð 1989). This unissued example is blue and brown and remains untied. After WWI and during WWII there was much conflict between China and Japan. Oil, available...

ARTIFACT: Lovely Japanese brass tanto tsuba. A tsuba (aka guard) has two functions, to contribute to the balance of the weapon, and protection of the hand. Tsubas were made by highly skilled Japanese craftsman devoted to making nothing else, most were...

ARTIFACT: This is an aikuchi ("fitting mouth") dagger in a delicate lacquered mount and sheath. The dagger dates from the Edo (Samurai period), which came to a close in 186The aikuchi style of knife is made without a hand guard (tsuba). The handle of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese fireman's axe/hook from the Edo period, also known as a "tomiguchi". The blade is triangular and used as a pick. The long oaken handle is ringed at intervals with steel, reinforced with rods of the same, and capped off at the...

ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese Type 32 Otsu transport soldier's sword. The Otsu was an abbreviated version of the Type 32 "Ko" cavalry sword, made beginning in 1899, through the World War I era, and up until 193The Otsu was used by Japanese enlistees in...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare NPEA student's dagger, and was a D-Day vet's bring-back. This is another artifact brought home by Radio Operator Clyde Williams, who was in the First Wave of the D-Day Invasion (please see link below for related...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous and very rare World War II DOUBLE-engraved Wehrmacht dress bayonet for Artillery Regiment 13 of Magdeburg that was a D-Day Vet bring-back. The side engraved with "For Memory of My Service" (Zur Erinnerung an Meine Dienstzeit)...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1930s scabbard for the sword of either a Nazi policeman or an SS officer. The scabbard is painted black and has decorative detail at either end. VINTAGE: Circa late 1930s. SIZE: Overall: approximately 32-1/4" in length and...

ARTIFACT: This is a Rare Model 1933 SS Dagger manufactured by Boker. It is marked on the cross guard with a Roman numeral I for the Munich Distribution Center. The reverse of the blade shows signs of having been an Ernst Rohm Presentation Dagger and...

ARTIFACT: This is an early transitional Hitler youth dagger by a rare maker, C. D. Schaaf. "Hitler Youth" was initially an organization formed to groom teenagers as anti-Semites, but during the War the Youths became fair game to restore depleted military...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early World War II tropical bayonet frog for the K-98 (Karabiner 98 Kurz). The K-98 became a standard issue weapon for the Wehrmacht in 193It was the Army's most widely used rifle through the end of the war. The frog has a...