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Fredwanda

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Can anyone please help me? I just acquired this sword . Believed to be a type 98 officers army ww2 Japanese Samaria sword…. Any help would be appreciated thank you 

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Bruce Pennington Grand Master

Bruce Pennington

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I think you're right, Ray.  I have a similar one, similar mei, on a Jan '45 blade with Gifu stamp posted by @jamesr back in 2021:

 

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Rhett,

Could you check near the top for a small stamp?  It could even be underneath the Tsuba/seppa set.

 

And you got it - Type 98 Japanese officer gunto (sword).  You can see lots of pristine examples on Ohmura's site: Military Swords of Japan - Gunto

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