Two Japanese swords: the first an o-wakizashi

Two Japanese swords: the first an o-wakizashi, blade 20 in, hon-zukuri, gilt-copper habaki with slanting file marks, tsuriagi nakago with three ana; shingunto tsuba, plain copper kashira, copper menuki in the form of dragons, in a leather covered shingunto field scabbard to fit a longer sword; the second an NCO's shingunto, mass produced blade 27.25 in. and numbered 30660, cast aluminium hilt, copper fuchi with arsenal control marks (Koishikawa or Kokura), regulation steel scabbard. [2]