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Trying to help a friend ID a WWII bring back. These are the only pictures I have. The scabbard is wood, the Tsuba is missing and the blade is in OK condition. Can anybody tell me about the markings on its tang? Thanks.

 

 

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良重 = Yoshishige

 

 

昭和十八年 = Shouwa Juuhachi Nen (Showa 18 or 1943)

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Your sword is typical of a wartime blade, made in 1943, that is now in a plain wooden storage case. Not a traditional, or old, blade and if the wooden case is simply unfinished plain-Jane wood the blade was put into storage and the mountings removed.

 

I hope this helps.

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Love seeing what the guys brought back as souvenirs! Should have seen our G-Uncle's basement! He was in the ETO, but it looked like you were marching into a supply depot in Berlin! -grin-

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