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Originally Posted by trenchwarfare
Kachin Dha leather scabbards were sold as surplus, back in the 1980s. Open along the back edge, with English maker marks, broad arrows, and WWII dates.
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Yes the standard Indan army pattern "dha" or "chindit " dha scabbards they were, probably not realy Kachin in style? Ive had a few of them & the dha over the year.
Here a scan from Flooks that shows the commonest patterns.{the ones on the left.}
The nore unusul one on the far right is the type still carried as a sidearm by the Assam regiment today.
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