Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Tassel and Marked Scabbard - Dated April 1945 Category_Display Guns & Parts Sets resulting in some very interesting

resulting in some very interesting examples

and next to this is stamped rack number 20

from aluminum scrap off a downed aircraft

barrel band and unique nose cap

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 resulting in some very interestingOriginal 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