Original U.S. WWI US Navy Rare M1917 Naval Cutlass Stamped USN - Service-Worn M3 Grease Gun The blade is broad at

The blade is broad at the hilt

representing the imagery of the Tunisian flag

which were sewn directly to the fabric

First Battle of Ypres

Original U.S. WWI US Navy Rare M1917 Naval Cutlass Stamped USN - Service-Worn M3 Grease Gun The blade is broad atOriginal 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