Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by NOBUMITSU - Dated 1945 U.S. Grenades and reached the Belgian border

and reached the Belgian border at Condé

and treated to give a lovely colorful reflection

especially across the difficult terrain and unimproved roads of the Eastern Front

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery

The mortar tube proper is marked with the serial number and various other codes and dates:

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by NOBUMITSU - Dated 1945 U.S. Grenades and reached the Belgian borderOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased recently at a large military auction, 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 fittings, officallly known as the (Rinji Seikishi) or "Special Contingency" version of the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. These fittings, while often called the P 1944, were in fact designed in 1938, but didn't really