Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHITSUGU - Dated 1944 Italian Flags The knife is in good

The knife is in good used condition

The folding crank handle works properly

as a part of Admiral Halsey's 3rd Fleet

Serial number 218789 is found on the receiver below the maker mark

For this action Major Collins was awarded the Military Cross for his leadership

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHITSUGU - Dated 1944 Italian Flags The knife is in goodOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased recently at a large military auction, 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 fittings, offically 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