Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Tassel and Marked Scabbard - Dated April 1945 Category_Display Guns & Parts Sets barrel band and unique nose

barrel band and unique nose cap

instead of the normal 12

Below are excerpts from period articles about Sgt

The first elements of the 501st PIR entered the division assembly area four miles west of Bastogne shortly after midnight of 19 December

it was widely used by the Army

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Tassel and Marked Scabbard - Dated April 1945 Category_Display Guns & Parts Sets barrel band and unique noseOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector, 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 Shin Gunto setting, and is dated April 1945 on the blade tang. 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