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Sword - Artifacts

Description
Decorative military or police saber The sword consists of a handle and blade and a separate scabbard. A: Handle and blade, L: 38". The handle or hilt is western style. The handle is composed of wood and metal. The outside is metal and the inside is wood. Both have a crisscrossing diamond pattern cut into them. A screw goes through the metal part and the wooden part holding them together. On one side of the handle below the screw a metal tab with a notched end runs down below the guard . (It attaches to and holds the scabbard). The guard is metal and curves up on one side and attaches to the top of the handle. Stamped underneath is a triumvirate of circles and tow kanji characters. There is a plane metal pommel at the end of the handle, just before the guard. The blade is single edged with a slight cure and a wide groove. At the top are stamped the Arabic numerals "45569" B: Scabbard, L: 34.125", silverish metal with tarnish and rust spots. The top end has a metal pommel attached by a screw at one side and on the other is a small hole for the notched metal tab of the handle. A few inches below this is a metal band which protrudes at one end and has a hole in it. There is a metal ring in the hole. The end of the scabbard has a parallel fin running around the bottom. Longer on one side than the other. There are some Arabic numerals stamped on the fin "032104"
Object ID
1999.034.002