I want to know about the case of Japanese imitation of western-style command knives around 1934. Is this my knife?

Japanese army knife mainly refers to the traditional Japanese command knives worn by officers and non-commissioned officers of the old Japanese "Imperial Army" from 1934 to 1945.

At the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Japanese army adopted French training methods. After the Franco-Prussian War, France was defeated and Japan turned to Germany to study military affairs. In Meiji 18 (1885), German officers represented by Major Michael came to teach at Japanese Army University. The tactics and military system of the Japanese army were learned from Germany, and the navy was British. Not only that, but even the command knife is westernized.

Emperor Meiji and Ito Bowen, important officials, wear western-style command knives when wearing uniforms. Before World War II, officers wore western-style command knives decorated with cherry blossoms, and there was even a command knife with a long handle and western-style hand guards, which was parallel to the Japanese army knife.

1February 6, 933, Arakawa Goro and Mrs. Kuriyama Saburo put forward a proposal to the government in the House of Commons in Tokyo to promote the Japanese spirit and inherent culture, which was unanimously adopted. A month later, the Japanese Kwantung Army invaded the northeast of China, and the 6th and 8th divisions, 14, and the 33rd brigade, with a total of more than 80,000 people, attacked the cold mouth, main peak mouth and Gubeikou of the Great Wall respectively, and the Great Wall broke out in the war of resistance. On March 1 1, China's army, led by Zhao, destroyed the enemy's artillery position on the Japanese side of xifengkou on a snowy night, killing more than 3,000 artillery colonels, riders and cannons. China's broadsword is awesome. The Japanese newspaper at that time said: "Since the founding of Emperor Meiji, the reputation of the imperial army has been completely lost outside xifengkou and humiliated for 60 years." Therefore, in 1934, the Japanese army abandoned the flashy western-style command knife, and all officers changed into Japanese-style sabers in response to the advocacy of imperial sect leaders such as Araki Military Department Minister, Liu Chuanjun's adjutant and Yamaoka Military Affairs Director.

There is an article that says:

"In the case of one-on-one, Japanese swords are not dominant in the face of China broadsword, which is more powerful in large-scale hand-to-hand combat."

"Comparing these two kinds of knives, we will find that the Japanese blade is very narrow, but because fine steel is used as raw material, the forging and quenching process is excellent, so the strength is very high; The blade is sharp and the wavy knife line is clearly visible; The scabbard and hand guard are exquisite in shape and are regarded as treasures by collectors all over the world. On the other hand, China broadsword, the whole body is a whole piece of steel, steel in general; The blade, especially the blade, is wide and the tip is inclined upward, which is similar to the Song Dynasty hand knife described in the General Introduction to Martial Arts. There is a ring at the end of the long handle. Although broadsword is not as good as Japanese sword in steel, blade, technology and shape, broadsword was born according to actual needs, and the low requirements for steel and technology make it possible for any rural blacksmith to make it. The generous blade makes the sharp Japanese knife helpless; When cutting, use your own weight to make up for the shortage of the blade, so that you will not suffer in the battle with Japanese knives. "