Is this a genuine type 95?

[IanS]

Good afternoon,

I spotted a sword up for auction, purely by accident and it looked wrong. It's described as a Type 95 NCO sword.

The auction house is Ashley Waller, here in the UK the lot number is 333 and the auction starts am on the 30th August 23.

A JAPANESE NCO'S SWORD AND SCABBARD, 64.5CM BLADE, TOTAL LENGTH 97CM

I came across the lot when I was researching markings for an early NCO type 95 that I have seen in an other auction, the serial is around the 1500 mark and has a copper tsuka. I'm going to bid on it. If I'm successful, I'll upload some images.

Ian.