Original WWII Excellent Condition Japanese Army Type 95 Aluminum Handle NCO Katana with Unmatched Scabbard Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly Serial # 236104 with a

Serial # 236104 with a faint SWP cartouche (date is illegible)

an adjustable leather shoulder strap

We do not know if this was post manufacture

there is a Coffeys stain on the lower portion

Later in the war

Original WWII Excellent Condition Japanese Army Type 95 Aluminum Handle NCO Katana with Unmatched Scabbard Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly Serial # 236104 with aOriginal Item: Only One Available. The end of WWII marked the beginning of the sword ownership ban in Japan. By law, Japanese citizens were forbidden to own swords. General McArthur did not want the general population to be able to arm again. Most soldiers and citizens surrendered their swords to the American occupying forces. The Americans destroyed a large number of swords by dumping them into the ocean or by melting them. But a small percentage