Original U.S. WWII Pearl Harbor United Press Reporter Wire Western Union Telegram Dated 7 December 1941 German Awards Medals Badges Insignia and the cross guard (tsuba)

and the cross guard (tsuba) is a simplified iron "mokko gatta" shape

G&K is the marking of Graton & Knight Manufacturing Co

BERLIN NW 21

and the leather is somewhat degraded

Every crewman is identified by both name and his position on the plane

Original U.S. WWII Pearl Harbor United Press Reporter Wire Western Union Telegram Dated 7 December 1941 German Awards Medals Badges Insignia and the cross guard (tsuba)Original Item: One of a kind. This is a Western Union Telegram dated December 7th, 1941 and time stamped at 3: 54 Eastern time which translates to 10: 54 Hawaiian time, less than two hours after the second wave concluded at 9: 30am. The Western Union telegram was sent by a wire service reporter of the United Press. It reads: 1941 DEC 7 PM 3 54JAPANESE PLANES HAVE ATTACKED PHILIPPINE AND HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. AN AMERICAN TRANSPORT SHIP, LOADED WITH LUMBER,