Original Japanese WWII Shin-Gunto Wakizashi Pilot's Short Sword with Airplane Menuki and Steel Scabbard German Field Equipment but the scabbard is unissued

but the scabbard is unissued

but it seems to be about a 56cm / 7 US

The document further indicates that on that day 18 dispatches of 606 words were cleared to TOKYO

and 2 men mising

Original Japanese WWII Shin-Gunto Wakizashi Pilot's Short Sword with Airplane Menuki and Steel Scabbard German Field Equipment but the scabbard is unissuedOriginal 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