Original Rare U.S. WWI Navy M1917 Cutlass with Nickeled Hilt & Original Leather Scabbard German Holsters Many of the decorative elements

Many of the decorative elements found on this sword stem from Napoleon's time in Egypt and the Battles of THE NILE and LES PYRAMIDS

After the conclusion of World War II

and on the right shoulder is the US Flag

It also has the correct “Lock Viewer’s” mark under the flash pan

The trunk has a lock system with a still-intact latch

Original Rare U.S. WWI Navy M1917 Cutlass with Nickeled Hilt & Original Leather Scabbard German Holsters Many of the decorative elementsOriginal 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