Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KIKUHIDE with Scabbard - Dated 1945 NATION a period Japanese-English Dictionary

a period Japanese-English Dictionary

Genuine Vintage WWII cold weather lambskin flight mittens with trigger finger

The cap is lined with light brown colored rayon fabric

and the areas missing the plating now show a shiny aluminum finish with some wear

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Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KIKUHIDE with Scabbard - Dated 1945 NATION a period Japanese-English DictionaryOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased recently at a large military show, this is an lovely condition late war style Japanese officer Katana, with an arsenal made blade. It is in the standard 1944 pattern fittings, officially 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