Original U.S. WWI US Navy Rare & Unissued M1917 Cutlass With Original Scabbard Category_MG 42 Accessories The rank and signal corps

The rank and signal corps collar insignia are also embroidered very nicely and retain all of their original colored thread and material

Iwo JimaLummus was in the first wave of troops to land at Iwo Jima on February 19

Also the liner and shell chin straps were removed at some point

Hyde and Goodrich of New Orleans

I guess old K Company is doing its bit to add emphasis to our division name

Original U.S. WWI US Navy Rare & Unissued M1917 Cutlass With Original Scabbard Category_MG 42 Accessories The rank and signal corpsOriginal 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