Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Leather Scabbard M3 Grease Gun The leather washers have shrunk

The leather washers have shrunk somewhat due to age and dryness

with only a few small areas near the hinges visible

with a white circle around it

They were systematized radically by the Zulu king Shaka

Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Leather Scabbard M3 Grease Gun The leather washers have shrunkOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This is a very nice example of an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Officers M1883 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 design, it is