Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Parade Sword with Scabbard and Knot Cannons & Mortars and his red & white

and his red & white engineer campaign hat cord

and appears to have seen service and use long past the Civil War

It does look like the hilt was possibly "touched up" with some gold paint at some point

- Enlisted and Officer EGA hat insignia

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Army Type 19 Kyu-Gunto Nickel-Plated Parade Sword with Scabbard and Knot Cannons & Mortars and his red & whiteOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first standard sword of the Japanese military was known as the kyu gunto (, old military sword). Murata Tsuneyoshi (1838 1921), a Japanese general who previously made guns, started making what was probably the first mass produced substitute for traditionally made samurai swords. These swords are referred to as "Murata to" and they were used in both the Sino Japanese war (1894 1895) and the Russo Japanese war