Original U.S. WWII US Navy Unmarked Milsco M-1941 Klewang Boarding Cutlass Czech Militaria which has depot or unit

which has depot or unit marking 9 and size stamp of 56cm

Size is approximately 55/56cm

and has been fitted with a flint and lead pad to complete the look

and it is the type that did not have a securing loop

belonging to Sergeant Gerry H

Original U.S. WWII US Navy Unmarked Milsco M-1941 Klewang Boarding Cutlass Czech Militaria which has depot or unitOriginal 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