Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KANEMORI with Steel Scabbard - Dated 1942 ERA Making these special silk cords

Making these special silk cords could take many months of steady work

after which the regiment departed for England in 1782

They developed and manufactured a multitude of arms during the war

indicating 1944 manufacture by the well-known maker Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Co of Solingen

of the smith it was made by: 義 忠

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KANEMORI with Steel Scabbard - Dated 1942 ERA Making these special silk cordsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector, this is a very nice wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in the standard pre 1944 Shin Gunto setting and is dated November 1942 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 nice example, and either saw