Original Early 17th Century Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword with Handmade Blade, Gold Inlaid Fittings and Scabbard Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The bayonet has a has

The bayonet has a has a very nice custom etched nickel plated blade

Really a great temper line here

The blade has very substantial stamped Maker's marking in cyrillic on the left side and has three fullers of various sizes running much of it's almost 32" length

with some wear to the blade edge

The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces

Original Early 17th Century Japanese Wakizashi Short Sword with Handmade Blade, Gold Inlaid Fittings and Scabbard Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The bayonet has a hasOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This example dates from the very early