British Naval Boarding Cutlass Pre-Revolutionary War Era MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets International Military Antiques

International Military Antiques

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

You just never see them in this high grade condition

came directly to us from Military storage depots in Europe

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 International Military AntiquesOriginal 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