Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KATSUNORI with Capture Tag - Dated 1945 Crimean War One unit was rebuilt by

One unit was rebuilt by the MARINE CORPS SUPPLY CENTER / ALBANY

as the stock is only proud over some areas of the lock plate

Also known colloquially as Pickelhelm

though generally airmen lined up in front of boxes containing jackets of various sizes and given the appropriate size jacket by the base quartermaster

While primitive by today's standards

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KATSUNORI with Capture Tag - Dated 1945 Crimean War One unit was rebuilt byOriginal 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, officially 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