Japanese Parade Sword

Andrew · 8th December 2008, 09:51 PM

Yup. Hoping Rich will stop in and comment.

Rich · 8th December 2008, 10:09 PM

That is a family mon (crest), but not necessarily the guy mentioned. Any number
of soldiers even vaguely related could have used it. Here's a link to a good
site on Japanese Family Mon.

http://www.geocities.com/kazenaga23/crests.htm

BTW - it's an army kyu-gunto, not naval (different style tsuka)

Rich S

Andrew · 8th December 2008, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich

That is a family mon (crest), but not necessarily the guy mentioned. Any number
of soldiers even vaguely related could have used it. Here's a link to a good
site on Japanese Family Mon.

http://www.geocities.com/kazenaga23/crests.htm

Rich S

Speak of the Devil...

Thanks, Rich.

8th December 2008, 10:09 PM	#2
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	That is a family mon (crest), but not necessarily the guy mentioned. Any number of soldiers even vaguely related could have used it. Here's a link to a good site on Japanese Family Mon. http://www.geocities.com/kazenaga23/crests.htm BTW - it's an army kyu-gunto, not naval (different style tsuka) Rich S Last edited by Rich; 8th December 2008 at 10:20 PM.

8th December 2008, 09:51 PM	#1
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Yup. Hoping Rich will stop in and comment.