The inscriptions
第十八中國工農紅軍 = Chinese Troop of Industrial and Agriculture Red Army. The title the communist military forces called themselves.路軍 = The 18th Army, a title given by the Nationalist Government.
Suspicion
The inscriptions are suspecious - In formal occasions, the communist led army used the National Government title 國民革命軍第十八集團軍 The 18th National Revolutional Army Group. In most occasions, the Army called themselves The 8th Army 八路軍 and they were more willing to call themselves so. They didn't call themselves The 18th Army but The 8th Army. The two incriptions represented completely opposite political blocs. Now they show on the same saber.
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