Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Extra Long Katana Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard Manufacture Type_Original Items the Department of Defense (DoD)

the Department of Defense (DoD) refers to the decoration as the Silver Star Medal

and the lock plate tail is faintly marked [SPRI]NG / [FI]ELD / 1844

advanced for the time

All of this came highly packed in the box and appeared not to have been opened in decades perhaps since the USGI brought the stuff back at the end of World War Two

Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Extra Long Katana Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard Manufacture Type_Original Items the Department of Defense (DoD)Original Item: Only One Available. Purchased at a recent large military auction, this is a very nice wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. These type of fittings (koshirae) are slightly simplified compared to the earlier Type 94. 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. This is a very