Gunto marine mei translation.

[sechan]

Please help reading the looks like gunto marine mei. 

Thanks,

Steve

[rebcannonshooter]

The signature looks to be YOSHI- CHIKA,  and the date looks like SHO WA NI JU NEN SAN? GATSU, MARCH? 1945.  (picture not too clear, but I think it's a three!)

[Bruce Pennington]

Not a "marine" sword.  No official title to this model, but it was an attempt to simplify the Type 98.  Called many things by collectors - Type 44; Marine landing sword; Type 3; Type 100; Rinji Seishiki; Contengency model.  Designed in 1938 off a variation loophole to the Type 98 Imperial Order, introduced in 1940, and sort of finally got popular in 1943/44.  Definitely Army, though, not Navy (or Marine).

[sechan]

Thank you guys.