Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by HIROMITSU - Dated 1945 M3 Grease Gun All three liner retaining pins

All three liner retaining pins are intact and original to the helmet

which are the "mating markings" for the whalebone portion

Gilded brass rounded chin-scales with leather extentions and buckle

It also has an excellent faux stingray Sa-Me (grip) with complete Ito (cloth binding)

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by HIROMITSU - Dated 1945 M3 Grease Gun All three liner retaining pinsOriginal 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 Shin Gunto setting, and is dated December 1945 on the blade tang. It also is signed by the smith who made it, HIROMITSU. A Shin Gunt (, new military sword) is a weapon and symbol of rank used by the Imperial Japanese Army between the years