Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHICHIKA with Tassel - Dated 1945 Technical Books Before Bair could acknowledge his

Before Bair could acknowledge his orders

so this is a true "Civil War Gun"

the US task forces tested out a new type of Remington shotgun called Ciener Ultimate Over/Under

His citation in the London Gazette reads:

On 12 August it was pulled from the lines near Toul to prepare for the next offensive

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHICHIKA with Tassel - Dated 1945 Technical Books Before Bair could acknowledge hisOriginal 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, offically 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 see