Original Rare U.S. WWI Navy M1917 Cutlass with Original Brown Leather Scabbard by Milsco 20th Century From 21 May-27 August

From 21 May-27 August

The pommel is Waffenamt marked and the blade ricasso is also marked by maker J

A historical marker erected by the Opelika Historic Preservation Society and the Historic Chattahoochee Commission stands at the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Marvyn Parkway and Williamson Avenue

the chinstrap mounts by means of the same M1891 post mounts as found on early and pre-war pickelhaube spiked helmets

Barrel Length: 32 1/2 Inches

Original Rare U.S. WWI Navy M1917 Cutlass with Original Brown Leather Scabbard by Milsco 20th Century From 21 May-27 AugustOriginal Item: Only One Available. Towards the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th Century, the US Navy was about to retire its 50 year old mainstay naval cutlass, the M1860, first developed and used for the Civil War. Just as it did for all of its naval cutlasses, the US Navy went out to seek the best current design of cutlass the world had to offer at that time and chose to pattern its new model M1917 after the Dutch Netherlands