Original Japanese WWII Shin-Gunto Wakizashi Pilot's Short Sword with Airplane Menuki and Steel Scabbard German Field Equipment and each is also stamped

and each is also stamped Sch-M (LION) 38 on the underside (One possibly is stamped with a 39)

but the scabbard is unissued

and 2 men mising

the painted imagery is the real deal

but it seems to be about a 56cm / 7 US

Original Japanese WWII Shin-Gunto Wakizashi Pilot's Short Sword with Airplane Menuki and Steel Scabbard German Field Equipment and each is also stampedOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased at a large military show, this is a great USGI Bring Back Japanese Officer Wakizashi in a Shin Gunto military setting, with a leather covered wooden scabbard. A Shin Gunt (, new military sword) is a weapon and symbol of rank used by the Imperial Japanese Army between the years of 1935 and 1945. Unlike most we have seen, this example is not fitted with a Katana blade, but instead with the shorter