Original WWII Japanese Navy Officer P1937 Kai-Gunto Katana Samurai Sword with Scabbard - Handmade Blade Snider Rifle • 2 x 1917 overseas

• 2 x 1917 overseas side caps (one with artillery insignia)

support for the troops was paramount

one flown by Lothar Von Richthofen younger brother to the famed Red Baron Manfred Von Richthofen

It had a simple stirrup hilt

and four 105mm howitzers

Original WWII Japanese Navy Officer P1937 Kai-Gunto Katana Samurai Sword with Scabbard - Handmade Blade Snider Rifle • 2 x 1917 overseasOriginal Item: Only One Available. Acquired directly from a collector, this is an excellent condition rare 1937 Pattern Kai Gunto Naval Officer katana, with an even rarer handmade blade. This particular example has the higher grade 1937 Pattern fittings with the sharkskin wrapped scabbard, indicating this may have been made for a front line naval officers. This fact makes finding them difficult, as often they would be lost with the ship the officer