Original Japanese WWII Type 98 Shin-Guntō Officer’s Katana with Handmade Mumei Blade and Labeled Fabric-Covered Wood Scabbard MG 34 Accessories and 10 regiments of United

and 10 regiments of United States volunteer infantry of men immune to tropical diseases

and the case has a Polaroid label on top

and even are still have the maker mark from

underneath the 1st class Iron Cross if awarded

and took part in the Normandy invasion in June 1944

Original Japanese WWII Type 98 Shin-Guntō Officer’s Katana with Handmade Mumei Blade and Labeled Fabric-Covered Wood Scabbard MG 34 Accessories and 10 regiments of UnitedOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased at a military auction, this is a very good condition USGI Bring Back wartime production Japanese officer Katana in the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. The Type 98 fittings (koshirae) are slightly simplified compared to the earlier Type 94. 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. The tang is