Original WWII Japanese Army Civilian Shin-Gunto Katana by KOJIMA KANEMICHI with Leather Covered Wooden Scabbard Technical Books 577 Cartridge with Percussion Cap

577 Cartridge with Percussion Cap

The design is quite different from WKC examples

in which selected units would participate in parades in Philadelphia in 1876

- THREE German WWII Luftwaffe "gull wing" collar tab devices

However these only came into use during the brief life of the R

Original WWII Japanese Army Civilian Shin-Gunto Katana by KOJIMA KANEMICHI with Leather Covered Wooden Scabbard Technical Books 577 Cartridge with Percussion CapOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased at an estate sale, this is a lovely USGI Bring Back wartime production Japanese Katana in an Army Civilian Shin Gunt (, new military sword) setting. These type of fittings (koshirae) were for Civilian employees of the Imperial Japanese Army, and are a lot more variable than the usual Army Officer Type. They are much closer to traditional fittings, without the cherry blossom motifs seen on Officer