Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHIHARU - Dated 1945 One-of-a-Kind Without your support

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The liner has the correct square aluminum chin strap bales

It has been fitted with plexiglass grips

It has a two stage 11" barrel

The bayonet is dated in 1918 by Springfield Arsenal serial numbered 971016 (correct for production in 1918)

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHIHARU - Dated 1945 One-of-a-Kind Without your supportOriginal 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