^Lot 706 Japanese Type 95 NCO Sword.

A late World War II Type 95 Japanese Army NCO sword on which the sword blade and scabbard have matching serial numbers of “207732”. The position of the number on the blade, configured to be read with the cutting edge up, identifies the sword as having been produced by the Nagoya Arsenal (The only other source for the Type 95 sword was the Tokyo arsenal, which impressed the number on the blade in such a way that it is read with the cutting edge facing down). The machine-made blade is 27 1/2". The blade is generally bright and, no nicks or rust. The blade does have some scattered light patches of pitting. The handle of the sword utilized the cross-hatched wood grips that appeared late in the war to replace the metal grips. The fuchi collar at the base of the grip is also a late war version in iron and is therefore without the arsenal inspection stamps found on earlier examples. The scabbard exhibits about 70% of its original olive brown paint with no dents. The the black painted Tsuba is the plain style utilized on NCO swords. locking latch works well.