With well cartouched wooden handle. Well marked on the inside. With metal enamel red star. Mao badge issued during the Cultural Revolution in the middle 1960's. Tokyo Arsenal produced approximately 100,000 Type 22 Murata rifles.
Wood is VG with sharp dicing on the forestock and a sharp stock cartouche.
A very nice example of the Type 22. Overall good minus. Many of the early Muratas were converted to shotguns and sold to Japanese settlers going to Brasil in the 1920's. Very interesting piece of Japanese history. Was left in China after WWII and has seen hard service with Chinese Communist forces.