Original WWII Japanese Army Officer "Island Made" P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Scabbard U.S. Air Force With replicated WWII Makers Marking

With replicated WWII Makers Marking and dates

and it indexes and cycles properly when cocked

Retaining its leather lining and silvered chin chain it sports a White Horse hair plume to its top mount

This helmet is heat-lot stamped 387

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Original WWII Japanese Army Officer "Island Made" P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Scabbard U.S. Air Force With replicated WWII Makers MarkingOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased recently at a large military auction, this is a very nice late war style "Island Made" Japanese officer Katana, with an arsenal made blade. Late in the war, supplies from mainland Japan were often interrupted, and the Mainland itself also was dealing with material shortages and the effects of bombing raids. The armorers on the islands had to make due with what they had, often re purposing the blades from