Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Tassel and Marked Scabbard - Dated April 1945 Category_Display Guns & Parts Sets from aluminum scrap off a

from aluminum scrap off a downed aircraft

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This model is called the KONWAL "SUPER"

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of perfectly standard brass and copper construction given to the regiment by-

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Tassel and Marked Scabbard - Dated April 1945 Category_Display Guns & Parts Sets from aluminum scrap off aOriginal 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