US M1941 Dutch "Klewang" Pattern Navy Cutlass & Scabbard
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $225.00

Original period manufacture. Based on a Dutch design of 1898, but US made and adopted by our Navy as the M1917. The official US Navy models often will have the letters USN on their ricasso's. These were also commercially produced and provided to the Dutch East Indies forces after the Netherlands were overrun by Germany in 1940. Overall sound, shows some scattered staining and pitting to the blue steel blade. Black painted basket guard with black hard rubber grips secured with three brass rivets. Brown leather scabbard with sound stitching, darkened brass chape. Wear to the scabbard throat, minor warping to the right grip plate.