Original WWII Japanese Officer Shin-Gunto Katana with Scabbard - U.S. Marine Island Bring Back German SS WILLIAM KETLAND is a recorded

WILLIAM KETLAND is a recorded as working from 1740-1804 where after it became KETLAND & CO from 1804 until 1831

so they are hard to photograph

Company K joined the battalion on 27 June

931 were assigned to active duty with the Army

which happens over the years as the wood expands and contracts due to temperature and moisture

Original WWII Japanese Officer Shin-Gunto Katana with Scabbard - U.S. Marine Island Bring Back German SS WILLIAM KETLAND is a recordedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic WWII Pacific Theater Bring Back item! We just purchased this from a former marine who was now retired and looking to downsize items they had no use for. This katana was an item they themselves had received from a WWII Veteran Marine some 30 years ago. The story they received with the sword was that it was captured on one of the Pacific islands they had visited during part of the WWII "Island