Original Japanese Late WWII Arisaka Type 30 Last Ditch Bayonet with Wood Scabbard by Toyoda Automatic Loom British Militaria Blade shows age and losses

Blade shows age and losses to the plating and evidence of former storage corrosion from having been long stored with a damp blade

and also is marked S

1915 at Galveston

the French adopted an interesting folding stock version with a hollowed aluminum stock that folded forward under the barrel and action

Browse the Internet and you'll find very few examples available to buy and they always cost over $5

Original Japanese Late WWII Arisaka Type 30 Last Ditch Bayonet with Wood Scabbard by Toyoda Automatic Loom British Militaria Blade shows age and lossesOriginal Item: Only One Item Available. This is a nice late WW2 "last ditch" issue Japanese Model 30 Arisaka rifle bayonet with straight cross guard and blade bearing arsenal markings indicating manufacture by Toyoda Jidoshoki Seisakusho (Toyoda Automatic Loom Works) under Nagoya Arsenal supervision. The bayonet comes complete with a metal fitted wooden "last ditch" scabbard, made from two pieces of wood bound with string wrappings. Condition of