Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Handmade Edo Period Blade, Leather Covered Steel Scabbard, and Company Grade Tassel German Awards Medals Badges Insignia The Liscome Bay was torpedoed

The Liscome Bay was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Makin Island campaign off the Gilbert Islands on November 23

The machete comes with a field-made leather canvas scabbard

Holsters by this maker are very rare

There have not been any repairs made that we can see

Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Handmade Edo Period Blade, Leather Covered Steel Scabbard, and Company Grade Tassel German Awards Medals Badges Insignia The Liscome Bay was torpedoedOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased at a large military show, this is very interesting USGI Bring Back Japanese officer Katana in "High Grade" Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. The Type 98 fittings (koshirae) are slightly simplified compared to the earlier Type 94. The blade is handmade in the traditional fashion, and is several hundred years old. A Shin Gunt (, new military sword) is a weapon and symbol of rank used by