Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Heavy Blade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Textured Scabbard & Sageo Cord German SS There are multiple period fabric

There are multiple period fabric repairs

There is no loop though the end cap

von Pfuel was the Chairman of the Central Committee of the German National Red Cross during World War I

with a few scratches and minimal denting (if any) that do not interfere with sheathing the blade

As these field tunics have no collar button

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Heavy Blade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Textured Scabbard & Sageo Cord German SS There are multiple period fabricOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This great example dates from the Edo