Original WWII Imperial Japanese Army Shin-Gunto Katana Field Grade Officer Rank Tassel - Unissued US Civil War The front of the award

The front of the award has lovely artwork by Paul Casberg which features a beautiful horse standing atop a spread wing Reichsadler eagle surrounded by an oak leaf wreath

The handle of one type is machined flat while the second type is forged hollow on both sides

wings down clutching a branch with the HJ diamond beneath it

The pipe is made mostly of wood

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Original WWII Imperial Japanese Army Shin-Gunto Katana Field Grade Officer Rank Tassel - Unissued US Civil War The front of the awardOriginal Item: Only One Available. A Shin Gunt (, new military sword) is a weapon and symbol of rank used by the Imperial Japanese Army between the years of 1935 and 1945. These were styled after a traditional slung tachi of the Kamakura Period (11851332), and there were several different patterns they were produced in. One thing that remained constant however was that the rank of the officer equipped with it would be indicated by colored tassels tied