Original Rare U.S. WWI Navy M1917 Cutlass with Original Brown Leather Scabbard by Milsco U.S. Artwork & Posters which is much darker

which is much darker

which also show some oxidation and wear due to age

which just makes it look great

While her engines were unusable

Original Rare U.S. WWI Navy M1917 Cutlass with Original Brown Leather Scabbard by Milsco U.S. Artwork & Posters which is much darkerOriginal 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