Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHIMITSU with Steel Scabbard - Dated May 1945 British Awards Medals Badges Insignia All metal parts are fine

All metal parts are fine dark gray patina in overall very good condition

Belgium and Germany

They are offered in very good condition

A very close example can be found at the New York Historical Society at this link

After the break through by General Patton's tanks

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHIMITSU with Steel Scabbard - Dated May 1945 British Awards Medals Badges Insignia All metal parts are fineOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector, this is a very nice late war style mid grade Japanese officer Katana, with an arsenal made blade. It is in the standard 1944 pattern Shin Gunto setting, and is dated May 1945 on the blade tang. 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