My British part is slowly growing…..slowly😁 some RAF stuff and a Pegasus patch  

Hello everyone, I am a beginner collector from Japan. I started collecting military items a few years ago, mainly focusing on U.S. ALICE equipment. I also have some items related to the Yugoslav Wars and other military gear, although my collection is still small. I am not a soldier or law enforcement, just an enthusiast and collector. Since I only speak Japanese, I use machine translation (such as Google Translate and ChatGPT) to communicate. I appreciate your understanding. I am interested in learning more, sharing information, and asking questions about unidentified items or whether something is original or reproduction. Thank you!

People Tell me this is authentic, and others telling me it might be a Chinese reproduction. Can anybody help me out with verifying the authenticity of this sword? I bought it from an estate sale with other military swords. In my opinion, it looks authentic, but I’m really just not too familiar with Japanese swords. Thanks for your help!

I just noticed the first few inches at the tip of the blade of the one without the hooked quillion is magnetized.  Was this a common practice with certain manufacturers?  

A worker places the metal insignia on  pith helmets, Luftwaffe in this case, see the pile of Luftwaffe Eagles there, possible this is at Odenwälder Faserstoff-GmbH  at  Amorbach, a small town in Lower Franconia, this company is the one that had ORL as it's hallmark, they seem to the main manufacturer of the 1940 pattern one.

That is a really interesting veteran lapel button.   One will see some odd award combination on these civilian button hole mountings.  In my experience, anything goes with these lapel mountings.  The dual IC awards are neat.  

The sword looks OK to me but there are some very good fakes coming out of China for the last few years.  So be careful and get a return policy if you can.  I can't tell more from the photos I am afraid.    

Thanks. I have always been skeptical about the ribbons, whether they both belonged to the button, especially when seeing an Austro-Hungarian ribbon (orange striped) in conjunction with what appears to be a Bavarian ribbon (tucked behind it). But I cannot locate anything 100% identical to what I am describing as the Bavarian ribbon, as the exact color scheme is the Bavarian Service Cross ribbon, but the black stripes on all I’ve located are thinner than the blue, whereas the one I have is the same width as the blue.

Nice button lapel assembly….over time the original ribbons were misplaced and someone just stuck a ribbon they found….but I noticed no imperial state medals are on group (i.e. Bavaria, Hessen, Saxon, Baden, etc.)…maybe the ribbons are to denote these???  If only it could talk…time travel.  Very nice piece 

WW1 veteran’s button with dual EKs (representing Iron Cross 1st & 2nd classes), Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges 1914/1918 (War Cross of Honor), & Verwundetenabzeichen (Wound Badge in Black). The rolled ribbons are the Austrian Medal of Valor and what appears to be a ribbon with the color pattern of the Bavarian Military Service Cross.   I have had this for several decades and have never taken the ribbons out, however, what appears to be the Bavarian Service ribbon (based upon the color scheme), the black and blue lines are equal in width, and I cannot locate anything similar other than this medal/ribbon. Any ideas?

Forgot to add the photo showing bayonet fixed under muzzle and on the side