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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 11824913, member: 20148&quot;]The sword survives over three hundred years of honourable use, and&nbsp; the Second World War, and then fall into the hands of an idiot who nearly destroyed it. Thankfully, it then came to this idiot, who patiently had it beautifully restored <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I later passed it on to another collector. The blade was made ca. 1625-29, and the hilt and fitting were made ca. 1800. Hopefully, it has today a loving home. The sword was saved, but unfortunately its history was lost.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I did try to find out who the Japanese officer was, but unfortunately couldn&#039;t, as I didn&#039;t even know which country he was serving in when he surrendered the sword. Today, I would try a couple of other different sources to trace the owner, which weren&#039;t available then.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is the sword to the left of the armour, here after restoration!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]549015[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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