Original Japanese WWII Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Japanese Navy It is dated 1901 on

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Original Japanese WWII Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Japanese Navy It is dated 1901 onOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This is a very nice example of an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) 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. This example is textbook,