Original Rare U.S. WWI Navy M1917 Cutlass with Cracked Guard & Rack Number French Antique Guns as the liner configuration is

as the liner configuration is nearly identical to WWII

The creme colored polished liner and similar color leather sweatband are still attached

the Model 1861 was modified to a breach loading action and a new metallic cartridge

The Marine Service Certificate measures 10¾ x 18¼”

Original Rare U.S. WWI Navy M1917 Cutlass with Cracked Guard & Rack Number French Antique Guns as the liner configuration isOriginal 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