Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by MICHIHIRO with Steel Scabbard - dated 1943 German Awards Medals Badges Insignia This is a very nice

This is a very nice linen or cotton two panel rising sun flag that measures a large 55" x 42" in very good condition

The body of the grenade is marked A

It has a large "scallop shell" guard with the American Eagle

so it is not legible at all

when he landed by sea at Paestum and fought in the Battle of Salerno against intense German opposition and ending in April 1945 in Germany for the fall of the Third Reich

Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by MICHIHIRO with Steel Scabbard - dated 1943 German Awards Medals Badges Insignia This is a very niceOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector, this is a very nice wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. These type of fittings (koshirae) are slightly simplified compared to the earlier Type 94. The blade tang is both signed by the maker as well as dated 1943. A Shin Gunt (, new military sword) is a weapon and symbol of rank used by the Imperial Japanese