Original Japanese WWII Excellent Type 98 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Late Edo Period Handmade Blade and Leather Covered Wood Scabbard Spanish Militaria featuring a lovely engraved box

featuring a lovely engraved box frame and checkered "bag" grip

news paper articles and other material all related to the 1946 Nuremberg War Crime Trial of   Hermann Goering

A general rule regarding Civil War imported Lorenz rifles is that Confederate-purchased examples were often retained in their original

to suffer casualties and to be cited in general orders

Original Japanese WWII Excellent Type 98 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Late Edo Period Handmade Blade and Leather Covered Wood Scabbard Spanish Militaria featuring a lovely engraved boxOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased at a military auction, this is an excellent condition USGI Bring Back wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. We rarely see Type 98s in such good condition! This is how they are "supposed" to look, without wear removing the gilt accents and browned finish on the brass. There is just a bit of period wear, so it did see some service,