tachi, sword, tachi
Accession Number
NAM.1961-07-5-1-1
Description
Japanese tachi sword, with scabbard, nd. Surrendered by Gen Itagaki Seishiro to Lt Gen Sir F W Messervy KBE CB GOC in C, Malaya Command. Modern blade. World War Two service mounts, with brown binding, sword knot and iron tsuba. One of two Japanese swords from the collection of Lt Gen Sir Frank Walter Messervy. Associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945).
Campaigns
World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)
