IJN Dirk and Officer's Visor with White Cover

[drbill]

Near mint condition IJN Officer's dirk and Officer's Naval Visor with white cover over perfect navy blue wool hat cover. Need opinions on authenticity and approx. value as they are going to stand soon.

Obtained from vet's family who brought back in WW2 yesterday.

[drbill]

visor

hat

[drbill]

ijn dirk

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[drbill]

more

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[drbill]

dagger

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[drbill]

blade

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[GHP]

The hat is to

淺田
Asada

[BruceP]

A dirk like that just sold for $369 USD on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-WWI...3D182488535541

But I don't know what "normal" is for dirks!

[drbill]

thanks

blade on the sold one shows graying, some nicks, etc , mine is mint, that must add substantial value and has more gilt on fittings

[gunto]

A dirk like that just sold for $369 USD on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-WWI...3D182488535541

But I don't know what "normal" is for dirks!

Its a normal price on ebay for that edition.

[gunto]

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The stamp on the crossguard:

Nakano Shoten

Located in Tokyo. This company was owned by Mr. Nakano. In addition to Tokyo, the company had shops in China. The company provided a full range of koshirae.