28th Mar, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
  Lot 167
 

167

A Late 19th Century Japanese Wakizashi, the 29cm single edge steel blade with single piece...

A Late 19th Century Japanese Wakizashi, the 29cm single edge steel blade with single piece brass habaki, the sectional bone hilt and scabbard carved with figures and foliage, 47cm (af)

Sold for £100
Estimated at £60 - £80


 

Sharpening marks to the blade edge. Small nick and some rust to blade tip. End caps lacking to grip and base of scabbard. Some damages to one bone section of scabbard, some pieces retained but possibly not complete.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 28th Mar, 2018

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