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Iwo Jima. A captured Japanese sword
Captured February-March, 1945
Captured February-March, 1945
22 February 2013, 13:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$23,750 inc. premium
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Iwo Jima. A captured Japanese sword
Captured February-March, 1945
Captured February-March, 1945
A Japanese officer's standard military sword, metal grip, fashioned to look like cloth, the scabbard painted 'Cpl Max S. Beirs the "Bear"', and lettered 'Guam Saipan Iwo Jima' with the letter '4'.
length 38in.
length 38in.
Footnotes
Exhibited:
The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York, 1995-2007
Provenance:
The War Museum
A captured Japanese sword at the Battle of Iwo Jima by a Corporal Beirs of the 4th Marine Division.

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