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Old 20th October 2008, 10:53 AM   #1
Royston
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Rod,

I agree with Henk, this is a shin gunto of WW 2 era. The cast alloy hilt identifies it as a NCO's sword rather than an officers whixh usually had binding.

I have one of each and both are stamped with western numbers like yours is. Does anyone know why this is ?

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