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陸軍指揮刀  Army command-saber
           将官用 柄: 鼈甲製 背金全面に桜花葉の高彫、鞘: 鉄製クローム鍍金
            刀緒: 丸紐金線編・房は金色瓢箪型。刀身: 鉄製樋付き (全長: 85.5p)
 
For generals: Hilt: Product made from tortoiseshell.  It is an engraving of a cherry-blossoms leaf to the whole backstrap surface. Scabbard: Iron chromium plating. Tassel: A round string's edited by a gold streak and a fringe are golden gourd types. Blade: Iron with a fuller. Overall length: 85.5 cm                     
       佐官用 柄: 黒水牛製 背金全面に桜花葉の高彫、刀緒: 丸紐金線編・房は金色瓢箪型、
                       他の諸元は将官用に準ず (全長: 90.0p) 
 
For field officer: Hilt: Product made from the Kuromizu cow,  It is an engraving of a cherry-blossoms leaf to the whole backstrap surface. Scabbard: Iron chromium plating. Tassel: A round string's edited by a gold streak and a fringe are golden bottle types. Blade: Iron with a fuller. Overall length: 90.0 cm 
尉官用 柄: 黒水牛又は樹脂製 背金の模様は終端のみ、房は金色徳利型、他の諸元は佐官用と同じ (全長: 90.0p)
 
For company officer: Hilt: Product made from the Kuromizu cow or resin,  The engraving of a backstrap is attached only to the backend of a hilt. . Scabbard: Iron chromium plating. Tassel: A round string's edited by a gold streak and a fringe are golden sake bottle types, Other specifications are the same as the object for field officers.
                                               Blade: Iron with a fuller. Overall length: 90.0 cm
海軍指揮刀  Naval command-sabre
   海軍士官用 柄: 鮫皮・金線巻 護拳に桜花葉高彫模様、鍔兼用折りたたみ刀身止錠蓋、鞘: 黒革巻
      刀緒: 丸紐、房は赤線(旭日)入り瓢箪型、刀身: 小烏丸造り鉄製クローム鍍金 (全長: 81.5p)
 
For naval officers: Hilt: A rayskin cover, and gold streak binding.  A guard attaches a cherry-blossoms leaf engraving. A guard combination folding blade stopper. Scabbard: Black-leather binding wooden scabbard.
Tassel: A round string and a fringe are the gourd types of red line mixture. Blade: Iron chromium plating of the Kogarasu-maru structure, Full length: 81.5 cm
東郷長剣吉房
Admiral. Tōgō's saberYoshifusa
元帥刀
Marshal sword
陸・海軍                              指 揮 刀
Army & Navy                             Command saber
 護拳「桜花」の透かし彫りは中央より上に二弁、下に一弁      明治45年制定佐官正緒・瓢箪(ひょうたん)型の房
 The openwork of the "cherry blossoms" of  the guard               A gourd type fringe.
is attached to two tops and one lower part from a center.                   The field officer formal tassel
                                                                                                      of establishment in 1912.
目次 Contents
背金両側面と護拳の桜は「大和八重桜」の彫り
The cherry blossoms of the backstrap side and a guard are the engravings of a "Yamato double cherry blossoms.
大和八重桜: 陸軍旧軍刀、指揮刀、三式の桜は総て「大和八重桜」の高彫り。一重ではないことに注意。All of the army old Gunto, a command-sabre, and Type 3 Gunto's cherry blossoms are the engravings of a "Yamato double cherry blossoms." It is not a single-petaled flowe.
鼈甲製の柄、桜花と唐草模様彫りの背金
The hilt made from tortoiseshell, and the backstrap of cherry blossoms and an arabesque design engraving. 
刀緒は明治45年制定将官正緒  A tassel is the general formal tassel  of establishment in 1912.
刀緒は明治45年制定尉官正緒  A tassel is the company officer formal tassel of establishment in 1912. 
護拳形状は外装会社で違う  The shape of a guard is different in a mounting-company.