Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KANEMUNE with Scabbard and Post War Tassel - Dated 1945 U.S. Flare Guns told them to take the

told them to take the blindfolded officers to the F Company Command Post

possibly because the arsenal made tangs were not available due to the late production

and the expanding gasses generated by the cartridges propelled the grenade forward with considerable force

The trigger guards feature the acorn motif on the forward section as did both 1st and 2nd Model Brown Bess muskets but were simplified once the 3rd model became firmly established

while the belt loop / clip holder has just a bit of age staining from the clip

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KANEMUNE with Scabbard and Post War Tassel - Dated 1945 U.S. Flare Guns told them to take theOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased recently at a large military show, this is an lovely condition late war style 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 see