Weird Philippine sword/bolo

Sajen · 9th February 2012, 03:50 PM

I think that I will post the "story" which was now told to me by the seller who told me that the bolo was a WWII bringback from his great uncle.

This is the story my father was told by my Great Uncle Harry Buck. Harry was a Marine stationed on the Phillipines in WWII. My father recalls there were ten marines out on patrol and were ambushed by some Japanese. They had a fire fight for some time and the marines ended up killing most of the Japanese. The bolo was taken of a Japanese officer who had been killed in the firefight. It became a war trophy for my great uncle who gave it to my dad. I have no idea of the year but it was in the thick of things in WWII.

If the story is true like this I don't know but it seems believable that the bolo is from time of WWII. But want to post this story as well.

Regards,

Detlef

9th February 2012, 03:50 PM	#12
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,164	I think that I will post the "story" which was now told to me by the seller who told me that the bolo was a WWII bringback from his great uncle. This is the story my father was told by my Great Uncle Harry Buck. Harry was a Marine stationed on the Phillipines in WWII. My father recalls there were ten marines out on patrol and were ambushed by some Japanese. They had a fire fight for some time and the marines ended up killing most of the Japanese. The bolo was taken of a Japanese officer who had been killed in the firefight. It became a war trophy for my great uncle who gave it to my dad. I have no idea of the year but it was in the thick of things in WWII. If the story is true like this I don't know but it seems believable that the bolo is from time of WWII. But want to post this story as well. Regards, Detlef Last edited by Sajen; 9th February 2012 at 05:20 PM. Reason: bad english writing from the seller!