Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by MASANORI - Dated 1944 Price_over $990 but it is marked EDELSTAHL

but it is marked EDELSTAHL over the right ear

Regimental distinctive insignia is worn on the right lapel

It used all of the Lebel's parts except for a newly manufactured shorter barrel of carbine length

being authorized in Oct of 1921 and abolished in 1940

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by MASANORI - Dated 1944 Price_over $990 but it is marked EDELSTAHLOriginal 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