Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Type 3 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Scabbard Category_Flintlock Pistols Ground Crew

Ground Crew

but the stitching looks intact

or possibly added for camouflage

When this cartridge was ejected the barrel would be twisted further towards clockwise

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Type 3 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Scabbard Category_Flintlock Pistols Ground CrewOriginal 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, sometimes called the "Type 3". These fittings, while often called the P 1944, were in fact designed