Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by MASANORI - Dated 1944 U.S. Holsters Overall Length: 60 inches

Overall Length: 60 inches

this Rubber Duck is marked with where it was presumably originally cast:

As is usual the paint has worn off the edge of the stainless steel rim

he was credited with TWENTY FIVE Aerial Victories

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by MASANORI - Dated 1944 U.S. Holsters Overall Length: 60 inchesOriginal 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