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pair of silver and gold - plated swords on a white backgroundtwo swords are displayed on a white surface with a white backgroundtwo knives are laying side by side on a tablea knife with a yellow handle hanging on a walla close up of a very old knife on a table
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343 - A 1938-model shin-gunto-style katana, with a shinogi-zukuri …
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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A 1938-model shin-gunto-style katana, with a shinogi-zukuri blade and a nakago with a single mekugi-ana, bearing the mark ‘Kôa Isshin Man tetsu Kinsaku’; the koshirae features a brown lacquered metal scabbard with cherry blossom motifs, and a locking button on the fuchi. Japan, 1942 Total length: 99 cm – Blade length: 69 cm Note: the mark ‘Kôa Isshin’ has been interpreted as a Japanese patriotic slogan meaning ‘Asia united as one heart’, whilst ‘Mantetsu Kinsaku’ refers to the foundries of the Minami Manshū Tetsudō railway company (the South Manchuria Railway Company) in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, which produced sabres for officers of the Imperial Japanese Army between 1937 and 1945, using a special steel developed in these foundries. Expert: Anne PAPILLON, Ansas Papillon & de Léry
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Auction time 07/07/2026 at 11:00 AM
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