Original U.S. WWI US Navy Rare & Unissued M1917 Cutlass With Original Scabbard Category_MG 42 Accessories It also has a Model

It also has a Model 1861 style barrel and bolster

Hyde and Goodrich of New Orleans

it is typically quite durable and water repellent

The rank and signal corps collar insignia are also embroidered very nicely and retain all of their original colored thread and material

This example was made by the Union Cutlery Company of Olean NY

Original U.S. WWI US Navy Rare & Unissued M1917 Cutlass With Original Scabbard Category_MG 42 Accessories It also has a ModelOriginal 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