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Auction: 6007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 1

A Japanese Military Katana A sword with 273/4in. blade with signature Minamoto Kiyo Maro and date 1850, deeply engraved with dragon device approximately 63/4in. long, and with a flaming pearl, with solid brass shin-gunto tsuba with spring retaining-clip, grip of imitation shagreen with regulation mounts (mekugi possibly a replacement, kabuto-gane lacking its sarute, tsuka-ito broken in one place, no scabbard), in a brown leather carrying case See illustration Estimate £ 250-350

Sold for
£900