Original WWII Japanese Shin-Gunto Wakizashi Short Sword for Tankers & Pilots with Leather Covered Scabbard Lee-Enfield (SMLE) The head was subsequently buried

The head was subsequently buried near Sydney Sussex College in Cambridge

both of which have faded marker marks

Overall a very good condition Peruvian Contract GEW 98 bayonet

After another interlude to help again with the effort on Okinawa

- Original WWII M1 Helmet liner manufactured by Westinghouse and painted with Sergeant Chevrons and the 36th Infantry Insignia as well as white flames

Original WWII Japanese Shin-Gunto Wakizashi Short Sword for Tankers & Pilots with Leather Covered Scabbard Lee-Enfield (SMLE) The head was subsequently buriedOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased at a large military show, this is a great USGI Bring Back Japanese Officer Wakizashi in a Shin Gunto military setting, with a leather covered wooden scabbard. A Shin Gunt (, new military sword) is a weapon and symbol of rank used by the Imperial Japanese Army between the years of 1935 and 1945. Unlike most we have seen, this example is not fitted with a Katana blade, but instead with the shorter