Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KATSUNORI with Capture Tag - Dated 1945 Crimean War - Grade 4 Sergeant chevrons

- Grade 4 Sergeant chevrons on each sleeve

the SE marking was discontinued in favor of three letter code hkp

Also known colloquially as Pickelhelm

as it is marked :- CAPT

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KATSUNORI with Capture Tag - Dated 1945 Crimean War - Grade 4 Sergeant chevronsOriginal 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, officially 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