British Naval Boarding Cutlass Pre-Revolutionary War Era MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets Excellent vintage ZIPPO style windproof

Excellent vintage ZIPPO style windproof lighter circa 1954 made by DRAGON

This particular truncheon measures just 12

so did the Swiss (the M18)

Purchased by IMA in the early 1990s and discovered recently in our warehouse reorganization

it was considered not rugged enough for Military Service and accidental discharge of the cartridges before being loaded into the weapon became a serious problem

British Naval Boarding Cutlass Pre-Revolutionary War Era MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets Excellent vintage ZIPPO style windproofOriginal Item: Only One Available. First seen in the early 18th century, this is the true "Pirate Cutlass" of Legend and Movie fame. When standardization of side arms was first introduced in the early 1700s this was the basic design adopted by the British Navy, a style later to be copied by most other maritime forces including the fledgling American Navy with the Model 1797. A wrought iron Figure of Eight guard encompassing a plain cylindrical steel