Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard 18th Century The spine has the distributor

The spine has the distributor name etched on it: JOS

being assigned to Fifteenth Air Force

The ability of servicemen to identify "friend or foe" in an instant was crucial to combat survival and the subject of recognition was taught in just about every World War II service school

complete with the elastic securing band

Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard 18th Century The spine has the distributorOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This is a very nice lightly used example of an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Model 1883 Officers Dress Parade Dirk, complete with its brass mounted leather scabbard. As with Naval Dirks in Europe, they were given to officers when they were first commissioned, and were not intended to be any type of functional weapon. They began to be issued starting in the 1880s, and their use continued until the end of WWII. In