Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets 6th Army patch on left

6th Army patch on left shoulder

After the Great War these helmets were sold to the Finnish Army and used by the Finns through WW2 the Winter War

The serial number is 4805 dating the year of production to be approximately 1862

but the rest of the traverse and elevation mechanism works great

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets 6th Army patch on leftOriginal 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