Original WWII Japanese Army Civilian Shin-Gunto Katana by KOJIMA KANEMICHI with Leather Covered Wooden Scabbard Technical Books This is an outstanding Philippine

This is an outstanding Philippine Scouts uniform & painted helmet grouping

The design is quite different from WKC examples

matching the Corps Color for the "Flight Branch" of the Luftwaffe

Created by the man who was known as the "Father of the British Strip Cartoon" this is a tatty 36 page volume published in 1915 filled with these famous early WW1 satirical caricature cartoons of the German Kaiser Wilhelm and his son

However these only came into use during the brief life of the R

Original WWII Japanese Army Civilian Shin-Gunto Katana by KOJIMA KANEMICHI with Leather Covered Wooden Scabbard Technical Books This is an outstanding PhilippineOriginal 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