Original WWII Japanese Navy Officer P1937 Kai-Gunto Katana by MIHARA MASAMORI - Documented Gift to Admiral William Furlong by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Price_$-030 - $50 indicating manufacture at the Imperial

indicating manufacture at the Imperial Arsenal in Erfurt Germany during 1893

so this would not only make a wonderful addition to your Japanese homefront collections but as a research project as well

few have survived

The motto De oppresso liber is present within the insignia as well

built using a receiver from Ohio Ordnance

Original WWII Japanese Navy Officer P1937 Kai-Gunto Katana by MIHARA MASAMORI - Documented Gift to Admiral William Furlong by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Price_$-030 - $50 indicating manufacture at the ImperialOriginal Items. One of a Kind. This is an unprecedented, once in a lifetime offering: a Japanese Navy Officer P1937 Kai Gunto Katana and U. S. Navy Sword belt, sent as birthday gifts by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz to Admiral William Rea Furlong, Commander of Minecraft, Battle Force at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from February to December 1941. Furlong was present during the attack on December 7, 1941, serving aboard his flagship, the minelayer USS Oglala,