Original Japanese WWII 2600th Anniversary of the Founding of the Empire of Japan Photo Album - 1940 Japanese Marines In China ZB 26-ZB 30 and the left sleeve has

and the left sleeve has three overseas service bars

musket that was given new life by later modification

These had an original overall length of 8 3/4"

and included the overseas cap

with a single mounting hole in the rounded off tang

Original Japanese WWII 2600th Anniversary of the Founding of the Empire of Japan Photo Album - 1940 Japanese Marines In China ZB 26-ZB 30 and the left sleeve hasOriginal Item: One Of A Kind. In 1940, Japan was into its third year of war with China, and relations with the United States were deteriorating, but it was a heady time for the Japanese nonetheless. That year, the Japanese commemorated the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the Empire of Japan. According to the imperial myth history, Emperor Jimmu, descended from the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, established the "unbroken imperial line" in 660 BCE. In