Original WWII USGI Bring Back Japanese Army Civilian Employee Shin-Gunto Katana by AMAHIDE with Dragon Tsuba and Leather Covered Wood Scabbard Original Machine Guns As documented by World War

As documented by World War I veteran Laurence Stallings (in The Doughboys

This dates the helmet to around 1902-1904

and remained with this mission until she was decommissioned at Boston on 14 June 1905

although heavy oxidation has worn away much of the inlay

The top patch looks like a locally made patch in the shape of a shield with a cobra wrapped around Thailand

Original WWII USGI Bring Back Japanese Army Civilian Employee Shin-Gunto Katana by AMAHIDE with Dragon Tsuba and Leather Covered Wood Scabbard Original Machine Guns As documented by World WarOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased at an estate sale, this is a fantastic USGI Bring Back wartime production Japanese Katana in an Army Civilian Employee Shin Gunt (, new military sword) setting. These type of fittings (KOSHIRAE) were for Civilian employees of the Imperial Japanese Army, and are a lot more variable than the usual Army Officer Type. They are much closer to traditional fittings, without the cherry blossom motifs seen on