Historic Samurai Sword
Field-Marshal Terauchi’s historic Samurai sword, which was handed to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten on Saigon in token of the complete surrender of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in southern regions and his personal surrender as their commander, was presented to the King at Buckingham Palace by Comamnder A. Leverson, R.N.V.R., on 'behalf of Lord Louis Mountbatten. The sword, which was forged in Japan about the year 1420, has a short curved blade, a handle of white shagreen, an ornate lacquered sheath, and is enclosed in a red brocade container.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 72, Issue 6243, 17 June 1946, Page 5
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91Historic Samurai Sword Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 72, Issue 6243, 17 June 1946, Page 5
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