Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Scabbard 40mm BOFORS is this genuine USGI bring

is this genuine USGI bring back German WWII NSDAP Podium banner

brought home by a USGI after the war

as it would have made the banner significantly lighter

Some of the original backing can still be seen

Produced from treated Navy Blue canvas with eight cork flotation sections

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Scabbard 40mm BOFORS is this genuine USGI bringOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased recently at a large military auction, this is a very nice late war style mid grade Japanese officer Katana, with an arsenal made blade. It is in the standard 1944 pattern fittings, offically known as the (Rinji Seikishi) or "Special Contingency" version of the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. These fittings, while often called the P 1944, were in fact designed in 1938, but didn't really see