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While the crew was gone
the butt-stock sling swivel and hooked into itself
in a shell-dug crater
on the 20th of April 1944
The blade was also straighter in shape and the hand guard was omitted
Original WWII Japanese Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Handmade Blade by YOSHIMUNE & Steel Scabbard MG 42 While the crew was goneOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased from a recent private auction, this is a very nice wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in a 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) scabbard. The fittings for the blade itself definitely predate the WWII period, and the crossguard may be hundreds of years old. The blade tang is both signed by the maker, and is handmade in the traditional fashion. A Shin Gunt (, new military sword) is a weapon
