Original Chinese Short Sword Brought Back by Missionary with Story Technical Books and had blue painted fittings

and had blue painted fittings to indicate that they were "magnetical"

50–70 brass

Our example marked KREUGER of Liége who executed the conversion for the Bavarians

The chin strap is unfortunately broken and extremely delicate due to age and drying out

We have confirmed the signature with other examples of his work

Original Chinese Short Sword Brought Back by Missionary with Story Technical Books and had blue painted fittingsOriginal Item: Only One Available. We just received this lovely ornate Chinese short sword from the estate of a collector. It is really quite nice, with a beautiful hand carved Dragon handle and scabbard. It has a very nice 9 1 4 inch long Tanto style single edged blade, made in the Japanese style with a faux temper line. The shot sword measures 15 1 2 inches overall, and is 18 inches long in the scabbard. The dragon's head is highlighted with some