J02352 (IJA) OFFICER'S SWORD BELT. A 31 3/4" x 3", khaki-colored, webbed canvas belt with leather fittings. Stepped back from one edge is stitched a 2" wide brown leather tab with a double-claw, nickel-silver plated brass buckle. Further in is stitched a brown leather trapezium through whose double horizontal slots is fed a nickel-silver plated brass device for the, absent, sword hanger. Stepped back from the other edge is stitched a 2" x 11 3/4" brown leather tongue with seven double buckling holes. The reverse of the belt is featureless. The webbed canvas is lightly age and usage soiled, but otherwise intact. All of the leather elements, although supple, exhibit noticeable chafe wear and cracking. The nickel-silver plating to its brass components has worn to its highlights. Of Note: An close example of this form of belt may be seen on page 90, Plate 102, of Richard Fuller and Ron Gregory’s "Military Swords of Japan 1868-1945."

GRADE ***3/4                     PRICE $352.00

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