Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets The serial number is 4805

The serial number is 4805 dating the year of production to be approximately 1862

stripping a round from the magazine

and has some designs engraved near the base

On the back of the photo in pencil is the name Griffiths

both Mussolini's Italy and Stalin's Russia had used radio as a tool to influence the masses long before AH's rise to power

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets The serial number is 4805Original 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