Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard No Return so it is probably a

so it is probably a replacement

Fellows of the 34th Arkansas Infantry

These are very nice pairs of Japanese WWII Officer and Non-Commissioned Officer binocular field glasses

or about the cadet it was awarded to

Original Item: The UZI submachine gun is arguably the best-known post-WW2 submachine gun

Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard No Return so it is probably aOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This example dates from the Edo period