Lt. General Hoshino Toshimoto Shingunto
with Special Order Made 30 inch Showa blade
and Generals Officers Tassel
Rare WW2 generals officers type 98 shingunto with a special order made showa blade circa 1940 ordered by Lt. General Hoshino Toshimoto.
The blade is thick, wide, and long with a massive 30 inch cutting edge and long 1-3/4 inch kissaki. Beautiful well controlled gunome hamon and muji hada. Original wartime polish with some very minor surface stains.
Signed: Noshu Seki Ju Matsuda Kanetaka and Ozu Hoshino Shi Ju (Ordered by Mr Hoshino)
Lt. General Hoshino surrendered to the Americans and photographs show that he was a quite a tall man compared to the average Japanese soldiers of the time.
The type 98 shingunto koshirae with general officers tassel is in beautiful condition and all original to the blade.
Price $8000AUD
1936-12-01 |
Colonel |
1939-08-01 |
Major-General |
1942-08-01 |
Lieutenant-General |
1935-12-01 |
– |
1936-07-XX |
Attached to 1st Tank Regiment |
1936-07-XX |
– |
1936-12-01 |
On official trip to Europe |
1936-12-01 |
– |
1937-08-02 |
Chief of Research Section, Toyoama Army Infantry School |
1937-08-02 |
– |
1938-07-15 |
Commanding Officer 5th Tank Regiment |
1938-07-15 |
– |
1940-03-09 |
Chief of 4th Branch, 2nd Section, Inspectorate-General of Military Training |
1938-07-15 |
– |
1939-03-31 |
Chief of 6th Section, 2nd Bureau, Inspectorate-General of Military Training |
1939-10-02 |
– |
1941-04-10 |
Chief of 2nd Section, Inspectorate-General of Military Training |
1941-04-10 |
– |
1942-09-01 |
Commandant of the Noncommissioned Tank Officers' School |
1942-09-01 |
– |
1945-06-15 |
General Officer Commanding 1st Tank Division [Manchuria] |
1945-06-15 |
– |
1945-11-01 |
General Officer Commanding 50th Army |
Lt. General Hoshino Toshimoto signing surrender
2nd from right wearing glasses.
Lt. General Hoshino Toshimoto –
Tall man standing 2nd from right wearing glasses
.JPG)
