Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Availability_Both and had many different titles

and had many different titles throughout its 280 years of existence

Throughout the summer of 1944

and May 31

Ball turret gunner: Oscar Johnson

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Availability_Both and had many different titlesOriginal 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