Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets With a bore of slightly

With a bore of slightly more than half an inch this little guy surely packed a severe punch back in the day

6th Army patch on left shoulder

On the back of the photo in pencil is the name Griffiths

This is straight out of the attic

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets With a bore of slightlyOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector, this is a very nice wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in the standard pre 1944 Shin Gunto setting. A Gunt (, military sword) is a Japanese sword produced for use by the Japanese army and navy after the end of the samurai era in 1868, when the Meiji Restoration occurred. This is a very nice example, and either saw very little use, or was never issued. The blade