Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword with Lacquered Scabbard & Sageo Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia and the wood behind it

and the wood behind it is also eroded

It also comes in the original Kriegs-Verdienstkreuz 2

so the markings that are on the circular wings cannot be read

The impression is dismal while below a caption exhorts the viewer to conserve food to feed the soldier

Baldwinsville Public Library

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword with Lacquered Scabbard & Sageo Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia and the wood behind itOriginal 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 example dates from the Edo period