Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by ISHIHARA MICHIHIRO with Steel Scabbard Category_Rear Sight Assembly and the gun exhibits traces

and the gun exhibits traces of case-hardening on the frame and much color on the barrel and other parts

Hugins) also "was fired on while in convoy near Angeles" in the same month

particularly as the German Army was popularly thought to have been undefeated in the field

a massive shipbuilding program

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by ISHIHARA MICHIHIRO with Steel Scabbard Category_Rear Sight Assembly and the gun exhibits tracesOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector, this is a very nice wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in the standard pre 1944 Shin Gunto setting. 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 nice example, and either saw very little use, or was never issued. The blade