Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHIMITSU with Steel Scabbard - Dated May 1945 Japanese Antique Guns This example has a data

This example has a data plate that reads:

Award of the Bronze Star Medal

Serial number 381891B denotes year of manufacture as 1890

The second holster is a Black Leather flap top holster with spare magazine compartment to the front

Only notable condition issue is that a small hole was drilled into the reverse brim

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHIMITSU with Steel Scabbard - Dated May 1945 Japanese Antique Guns This example has a dataOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector, 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 Shin Gunto setting, and is dated May 1945 on the blade tang. 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