Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Katana Samurai Sword with Steel Scabbard and Canvas Cover- Ancient Handmade Signed Blade British Awards Medals Badges Insignia along with the hanging ribbon

along with the hanging ribbon

4 1/2" in diameter you still need two hands to pick this up and it comes with it's own display stand being a short piece of black plastic piping

and traces of the U

as well as the French Croix De Guerre Fourragère shoulder cord

first time ever offered

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Katana Samurai Sword with Steel Scabbard and Canvas Cover- Ancient Handmade Signed Blade British Awards Medals Badges Insignia along with the hanging ribbonOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector overseas, this is a nice condition katana in standard Shin gunto setting, with matching locking steel scabbard. The blade is handmade and expertly crafted by a master sword maker during the 1800s, or Shinshinto era of swordmaking, indicated by a few tell tale characteristics that include: Single hole tang. Tang is signed by the maker Hole in the tang is punch not drilled. There is