Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHITSUGU - Dated 1944 Italian Flags This example has dome headed

This example has dome headed rivets on the chin strap bales

with some of the finish flaked off

but it certainly looks like it could have been

indicating a size 57cm liner for a 64cm shell

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by YOSHITSUGU - Dated 1944 Italian Flags This example has dome headedOriginal 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