Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Tassel and Marked Scabbard - Dated April 1945 OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT Patch has a couple minor

Patch has a couple minor moth nips that do not penetrate

However this was soon reduced to a Stabskette

Because of the way they were mounted this cannot be chance or a case of interchanging parts at a later date

Ready to Display with old Sales Tag and all

He remained in England until March

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Tassel and Marked Scabbard - Dated April 1945 OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT Patch has a couple minorOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector, this is a very nice late war style mid grade Japanese officer Katana, with an arsenal made blade. It is in the standard 1944 pattern Shin Gunto setting, and is dated April 1945 on the blade tang. A Gunt (, military sword) is a Japanese sword produced for use by the Japanese army and navy after the end of the samurai era in 1868, when the Meiji Restoration occurred. This is a very