Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHITSUGU - Dated 1944 Military Flare Guns Wrapped around the end hinge

Wrapped around the end hinge is a very nice black leather "buttoning flap"

Glenn Kornfield

It displays lovely condition brass Prussian spread eagle helmet plate and comes complete with  original leather liner

Sterling floorplates are identified by the word OFF and an arrow to indicate the direction in which to remove it

about 7 x 11

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHITSUGU - Dated 1944 Military Flare Guns Wrapped around the end hingeOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased recently at a large military auction, 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 fittings, offically known as the (Rinji Seikishi) or "Special Contingency" version of the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. These fittings, while often called the P 1944, were in fact designed in 1938, but didn't really see