Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Extra Long Katana Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard Manufacture Type_Original Items Approximate Jacket Measurements

Approximate Jacket Measurements

These daggers were first issued when the NSKK was part of the SA

All of this came highly packed in the box and appeared not to have been opened in decades perhaps since the USGI brought the stuff back at the end of World War Two

The butt plate is also regimentally marked 12

which is definitely made in the "Kentucky Rifle" style

Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Extra Long Katana Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard Manufacture Type_Original Items Approximate Jacket MeasurementsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased at a recent large military auction, this is a very nice wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. These type of 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. This is a very