A JAPANESE W.W.II OFFICER'S SWORD (KATANA) with curved single-edged blade with traces of a wavy hamon (areas of light pitting, the grip shrunk tightly over the tang), regulation gilt-brass mounts including tsuba, in its lacquered saya together with a typed note from the vendor stating that it was brought back from the Far East by Flight Lieutenant N. C. Rouse, no. 177426 71.6 cm; 28 1/4 in blade