Original 19th Century Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle - Serial 6778 Technical Books IMA has a small quantity

IMA has a small quantity of original oilers for the Mle 1924-29

Two battalion flags or Regimental Colors were also captured

we’ve purchased this through a jewelry store that purchased directly from a WWII veterans family

while Hocheisen became his deputy

on 11 December 1944

Original 19th Century Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle - Serial 6778 Technical Books IMA has a small quantityOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Murata rifle ( Murata j) was the first indigenously produced Japanese service rifle adopted in 1880 as the Meiji Type 13 Murata single shot rifle. The 13 referred to the adoption date, the year 13 in the Meiji period according to the Japanese calendar. Later revisions including a tubular magazine, and a reduced caliber, led to the introduction of the Type 22 in 1889, the 22nd year of the Meiji calendar.