Original U.S. WWI Model 1917 Bolo Knife by Plumb St. Louis with Canvas Scabbard - dated 1918 Display Guns & Parts Sets the safety device is a

the safety device is a coiled flat spring nested in a releasing socket

It was then eventually transferred to TURKEY

Heavy flak

with the long spring for the bayonet catch

After the retreat through the Ukraine the division was send to Germany for reorganisation but hastily returned to the Eastern Front in July

Original U.S. WWI Model 1917 Bolo Knife by Plumb St. Louis with Canvas Scabbard - dated 1918 Display Guns & Parts Sets the safety device is aOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Model 1917 C. T. Bolo knife, manufactured by Fayette R. Plumb Inc, whose main factory was in the Bridesburg region of Philadelphia, PA. They had another factory, just constructed, in St. Louis as well, and 1917 bolos were produced at both. This model was a moderate simplification of the earlier 1910 Bolo made by Springfield Armory. The main difference is the lack of the catch mechanism on the