Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Availability_Both and made a number of

and made a number of house hold items

Lenses are in excellent condition with no cracks and yellow tint

Twyford is a market town in the County of Norfolk on the east coast of England

Bone gripped brass mounted saber not only with an excellent gilt eagle head pommel

and had many different titles throughout its 280 years of existence

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Availability_Both and made a number ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector, this is a very nice wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in the standard pre 1944 Shin Gunto setting. A Gunt (, military sword) is a Japanese sword produced for use by the Japanese army and navy after the end of the samurai era in 1868, when the Meiji Restoration occurred. This is a very nice example, and either saw very little use, or was never issued. The blade