Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHIHARU - Dated 1945 One-of-a-Kind The bayonet is dated in

The bayonet is dated in 1918 by Springfield Arsenal serial numbered 971016 (correct for production in 1918)

The liner has the correct square aluminum chin strap bales

this is a Hollywood film prop made in Los Angles

commanded by Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

From April 1940 a new system was introduced that was meant to replace all previously used codes

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by TOSHIHARU - Dated 1945 One-of-a-Kind The bayonet is dated inOriginal 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 fittings, offically known as the (Rinji Seikishi) or "Special Contingency" version of the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. These fittings, while often called the P 1944, were in fact designed in 1938, but didn't really see