The sword was taken of a Japenese Army officer in the Phillipense after being shot by my uncle in law. The blade is 27.625" long not the normal 24" for Navel issue. The handle has the shark skin with string wrap and the scabbard is a thin leather wrap. It was made around 1940 for celebration of 2600 years of the coutawolio (my spelling sucks) I've been researching it for months now and its finally coming together. Once the Kanji is verified, I'll be good to go on this one-Thanks-SDH
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