Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Type 3 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Scabbard Multi Nation Flags the 24th MAU relieved the

the 24th MAU relieved the 22d MAU

bringing together the 2nd Indian Airborne Division and the British 6th Airborne Division

Detachment A-13

with the interlocking TN over the swas

Regardless locks marked in this manner are exceptionally rare with no other recorded examples having been recorded

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Type 3 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Scabbard Multi Nation Flags the 24th MAU relieved theOriginal 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