Original Edo Period WWII Reissued Japanese Wakizashi Sword with Handmade Blade and Leather Covered Scabbard Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts It has two intact mounting

It has two intact mounting brackets

which is maker marked underneath:

He returned home with the 82nd Airborne 505th PIR on the ship the Queen Mary in later 1945

The lower side of the magazine housing is marked with serial number 157751

Original Edo Period WWII Reissued Japanese Wakizashi Sword with Handmade Blade and Leather Covered Scabbard Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts It has two intact mountingOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword 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 (, Edo