Original WWII Japanese Army Civilian Shin-Gunto Katana by KOJIMA KANEMICHI with Leather Covered Wooden Scabbard Cannons Flashlight Pistol

Flashlight Pistol

in January 1968 ACTIV recommended that combat / combat support units in Vietnam be issued the Tropical Rucksack rather than the M1967 butt pack

with just a bit of stiffness

The obverse of the cross bears the date 1914 under the crowned W monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II

Adopted in June 1941

Original WWII Japanese Army Civilian Shin-Gunto Katana by KOJIMA KANEMICHI with Leather Covered Wooden Scabbard Cannons Flashlight PistolOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased at an estate sale, this is a lovely USGI Bring Back wartime production Japanese Katana in an Army Civilian Shin Gunt (, new military sword) setting. These type of fittings (koshirae) were for Civilian employees of the Imperial Japanese Army, and are a lot more variable than the usual Army Officer Type. They are much closer to traditional fittings, without the cherry blossom motifs seen on Officer