Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHIMICHI - Dated 1945 British Documents & Books There are no name markings

There are no name markings that we can find

marked with the stylized F logo for Firestone Tire & Rubber Company manufacture

reconnaissance balloon

These helmets have become increasingly difficult to find in recent years

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Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHIMICHI - Dated 1945 British Documents & Books There are no name markingsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased recently at a large military auction, 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 fittings, offically known as the (Rinji Seikishi) or "Special Contingency" version of the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. These fittings, while often called the P 1944, were in fact designed in 1938, but didn't really see