Original WWII Japanese Shin-Gunto Wakizashi Short Sword for Tankers & Pilots with Leather Covered Scabbard Japanese Antique Guns They developed and manufactured Aircraft

They developed and manufactured Aircraft

A very nice example of a hard to find award

the Order of the Red Eagle could only be awarded to commissioned officers or civilians of approximately equivalent status

The cap still has the original size tag under the sweat band on the right rear side: 7 1/4

Original WWII Japanese Shin-Gunto Wakizashi Short Sword for Tankers & Pilots with Leather Covered Scabbard Japanese Antique Guns They developed and manufactured AircraftOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased at a large military show, this is a great USGI Bring Back Japanese Officer Wakizashi in a Shin Gunto military setting, with a leather covered wooden scabbard. 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. Unlike most we have seen, this example is not fitted with a Katana blade, but instead with the shorter