My Grandfather was a Colonel in WWII in the Philippines when the war ended and brought back two officers swords. Mine is in aged but new condition. Any ideas out there?
KEEP THEM!!!!!!!!!
seriously you have a piece of history in your possession.
KEEP THEM!!!!!!!!!
seriously you have a piece of history in your possession.
If it has the original family's name on it, you could always return it to them.
but what ever you do DONT REMOVE ANY RUST ON THE TANG!!!!!!
I've kept hold of a beautiful WWII katana for years, not for its monetary value, but for the ability to have the pride of our defeated enemy on display in my living room. It gives me a warm tingly feeling every time I look at it and think that they dared to mess with America, and this is what happens.The story went that US Officers were taken to a warehouse where the confiscated swords were hanging in rows. Each US Officer was given one but my Grandfather said he had two son's and they let him have two. One of them has a small scroll in the handle hollow with Japanese print on it supposedly naming the Officer and his family name. These are supposedly very valuable to the original Japanese family.