Original WWII Japanese Navy Officer P1937 Kai-Gunto Handmade Katana by AKIMARO with Scabbard & Tassel Martini-Henry Rifle This stamped sheet steel construction

This stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains about 75% of its original blue/gray Feldgrau (Field Gray) paint

Radford's next duty was in Operation Galvanic

perched on top of a wreathed mobile Swas (hook cross)

Another example can be found at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum at this link

Original WWII Japanese Navy Officer P1937 Kai-Gunto Handmade Katana by AKIMARO with Scabbard & Tassel Martini-Henry Rifle This stamped sheet steel constructionOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased recently from a private auction, this is a very nice wartime High Grade Japanese Naval officer Katana in the Pattern 1937 Kai Gunto setting. A Kai Gunt (, naval sword) is a weapon and symbol of rank used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the WWII Period. This is a very nice example, and features a traditionally made and maker signed blade, something we rarely see in Naval fittings. It still has the