Original French WWII Era Senegalese Tirailleurs Type Entrenching Machete with Leather Scabbard MG 42 Mounts Wakizashi (脇差 "companion sword" or

Wakizashi (脇差 "companion sword" or "side inserted sword") is a general term for a sword between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm)

Art Mendoza

The "Naga" character has only two horizontal strokes at the top

overall 44 inches in length

which is the 6th rank out of 7

Original French WWII Era Senegalese Tirailleurs Type Entrenching Machete with Leather Scabbard MG 42 Mounts Wakizashi (脇差 "companion sword" orOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice WWII Era French Coupe short entrenching machete, as used by the Tirailleurs Sngalais (Senegalese Colonial Troops) for the first half of the 20th century. These were first introduced in 1898, and continued to be produced and used up through WWII. They were even reissued as late as the 1960s, and examples saw service during the Indochina Wars. Early versions were maker marked on the blade, but by