Original WWII Japanese Battlefield Pickup Type 89 Display Knee Mortar dated 1940 - Serial 71696 Flintlock Pistols The Brecon Beacons national park

The Brecon Beacons national park covers about a third of South Wales

These grip plates are retained by nickel rivets having good dressed heads on both sides

Worn probably by a senior NCO or even a junior Officer

This example is quite extraordinary: it is a straightforward Kris dagger known as a Tajung from what is today Northern Malaysia

Original WWII Japanese Battlefield Pickup Type 89 Display Knee Mortar dated 1940 - Serial 71696 Flintlock Pistols The Brecon Beacons national parkOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. Totally non functional and inert, having been demilled according to specifications outlined by the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives). The Type 89 Grenade Discharger, inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. It measures approximately 24 inches