Coins & Banknotes Auction 355

Japan: WW2 Showa period Imperial Japanese Army officer's shin gunto sword. Clean steel blade, most likely an arsenal made blade with two faint characters on the tang. Standard Showa army brass kashiwa, Sepoa, Habaki and tsuba fittings. Original binding to the hilt with some loss of the same towards the tsuba end of the hilt. Brass standard army chrysanthemum Menuki. Brown leather covered wooden saya (scabbard, missing scabbard release), this with overall wear and scuffing. Overall a good average example of the standard army officer sword. (P)