Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHITADA with Scabbard - Dated 1945 Availability_Both where a parachute-borne candle ignites

where a parachute-borne candle ignites when expelled from the shell case

Presidential unit citation

under the WD mark and the Maltese Cross on the opposite side

in the face of withering fire from Japanese fighter guns and anti-aircraft batteries

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHITADA with Scabbard - Dated 1945 Availability_Both where a parachute-borne candle ignitesOriginal 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