Original U.S. WWII US Navy Unmarked Milsco M-1941 Klewang Boarding Cutlass With Correct Scabbard U.S. Artillery The reverse ricasso is etched

The reverse ricasso is etched with the E

Data plate reads:

and were then reissued for use in the Korean War as well as the Vietnam war

and only had the gravity knife to rely on

and cleaning during its life

Original U.S. WWII US Navy Unmarked Milsco M-1941 Klewang Boarding Cutlass With Correct Scabbard U.S. Artillery The reverse ricasso is etchedOriginal 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