Original WWII Japanese Navy Officer P1937 Kai-Gunto Handmade Katana by TSUKAHARA KANETSUGU with Scabbard Vickers MMG bringing the second loaded barrel

bringing the second loaded barrel into firing position

This indicates 1940 manufacture by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG

The SPG-9 is heavy (~60 kg)

It bears the original label in the neck and a wonderful embroidered Indianhead 2nd Infantry Division patch on the left shoulder

This example retains the original gray/green paint on the screw off head

Original WWII Japanese Navy Officer P1937 Kai-Gunto Handmade Katana by TSUKAHARA KANETSUGU with Scabbard Vickers MMG bringing the second loaded barrelOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased recently at a military show, this is a very nice wartime High Grade Japanese Naval officer Katana in the Pattern 1937 Kai Gunto setting. A Kai Gunt (, naval sword) is a weapon and symbol of rank used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the WWII Period. This is a very nice example, and features a traditionally made and maker signed blade, something we rarely see in Naval fittings. Overall condition of the