Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Named Scabbard Cover & Star Stamped Handmade Blade Japanese Holsters with mostly intact plating on

with mostly intact plating on the front and back

Known by his peers as "Skeets"

the 10th Mountain Division was responsible for the Mound Belvedere area

The construction is similar to the Bavarian models

M39 or Eierhandgranate (egg hand grenade) offered relic condition having been excavated on the Eastern front in the 1980s

Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Named Scabbard Cover & Star Stamped Handmade Blade Japanese Holsters with mostly intact plating onOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased at a large military auction, this is a great USGI Bring Back wartime production Japanese officer Katana in the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. These type of fittings (koshirae) are slightly simplified compared to the earlier Type 94. The blade tang is marked with the RJT Star proof, and is handmade in the traditional fashion. A Shin Gunt (, new military sword) is a weapon and symbol of