Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Handmade Katana by KOJIMA KANENORI with Steel Scabbard - dated 1943 French Machine Guns 1942 at Fort Benning

1942 at Fort Benning

just a little dirty

Even the inside of both grip scales is marked with the full serial number

due to the small number of paratroops that landed in combat in comparison to infantry soldiers

to ferry them across the River STYX into Hades and the afterlife

Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Handmade Katana by KOJIMA KANENORI with Steel Scabbard - dated 1943 French Machine Guns 1942 at Fort BenningOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased from a private collection, this is an excellent 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. The blade tang is signed by the maker, and appears to be handmade in the traditional fashion. A Shin Gunt (, new military sword) is a weapon