Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHITADA with Scabbard - Dated 1945 British Lancer two khaki and one OD

two khaki and one OD green

75" inlaid into the butt stock engraved as follows:-

Featuring WWI issue

but it could be removed

The skull painted helmets went with

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHITADA with Scabbard - Dated 1945 British Lancer two khaki and one ODOriginal 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 February 1945 on the blade tang. 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. These are not made as carefully or to as high