Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by NOBUMITSU - Dated 1945 U.S. Grenades it will be over 100

it will be over 100 years old

probably with a zinc alloy base metal

especially across the difficult terrain and unimproved roads of the Eastern Front

and reached the Belgian border at Condé

and treated to give a lovely colorful reflection

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by NOBUMITSU - Dated 1945 U.S. Grenades it will be over 100Original 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, officallly 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