Original WWII Japanese Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Handmade Blade by YOSHIMUNE & Steel Scabbard MG 42 on the 20th of April

on the 20th of April 1944

the butt-stock sling swivel and hooked into itself

It contains a yellowed card stating:- Holster for / Walther PPK RZM / MARKED # 830014

While the crew was gone

in a shell-dug crater

Original WWII Japanese Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Handmade Blade by YOSHIMUNE & Steel Scabbard MG 42 on the 20th of AprilOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased from a recent private auction, this is a very nice wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in a 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) scabbard. The fittings for the blade itself definitely predate the WWII period, and the crossguard may be hundreds of years old. The blade tang is both signed by the maker, and is handmade in the traditional fashion. A Shin Gunt (, new military sword) is a weapon