Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHIMITSU with Steel Scabbard - Dated May 1945 19th Century This example appears complete

This example appears complete

335th and 336th Machine Gun Battalions

There is also a small Waffen inspection mark next to the maker mark

This is a British manufactured shell

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHIMITSU with Steel Scabbard - Dated May 1945 19th Century This example appears completeOriginal 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