Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Swedish Militaria and a lovely patina on

and a lovely patina on the handle

and the shape is almost perfectly straight

though the ribbon on the 4 year award has some sticky adhesive on the back

U-172 left Lorient for the last time on 22 November 1943

Original Japanese WWII M1883 Naval Officers Dirk with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Swedish Militaria and a lovely patina onOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This is a very nice 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 design, it is