Original U.S. WWI US Navy Rare & Unissued M1917 Cutlass With Original Scabbard Category_MG 42 Accessories it is typically quite durable

it is typically quite durable and water repellent

though the maker cannot be read

It also has a Model 1861 style barrel and bolster

Iwo JimaLummus was in the first wave of troops to land at Iwo Jima on February 19

Hyde and Goodrich of New Orleans

Original U.S. WWI US Navy Rare & Unissued M1917 Cutlass With Original Scabbard Category_MG 42 Accessories it is typically quite durableOriginal 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