Original Late Edo Period Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword by FUJIWARA TADAHIRO with Lacquered Scabbard and Sageo Sword Cord German Field Equipment As the First and Third

As the First and Third Battalions of the 315th Infantry closed up on the line of the regiment ahead

The leather liner is still intact

Accompanying the awards are the citations and documents which belonged to Chief Radioman Robert Emmet Riley who was on the Staff of Amphibious Group One

There is no extensive damage on the scabbard that we can find and the sword still fits snug inside

The brass furniture is of the simplified design best remembered on percussion muskets that of course this musket is the immediate fore runner of

Original Late Edo Period Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword by FUJIWARA TADAHIRO with Lacquered Scabbard and Sageo Sword Cord German Field Equipment As the First and ThirdOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This example dates from the Edo period