Looks like I may be a little slow on the subtle hints.

I take it Spunjer was the seller? Unless of course there are more then one Moro sword guy in Chillicothe OH?!

Battera, you are correct the cross piece is missing. I have tried to clean the wood up a little with Murphy's Oil Soap. The wood looks nice, I hope it is salvageable (even if the cracks are repaired and show, that's ok) Battera, I'll email you so we can start discussing this offline.