Original British 18th Century Naval Boarding Cutlass with Armorer Mark Brown Bess Muskets On the march

On the march

the fact that it was air-cooled and that it used self-contained 97-round drum magazines

If you have a Vickers

This included markings on weapons as well as nearly everything else

Produced after 1938 when NSDAP Germany "annexed" Austria these examples were produced in 1940/41 (showing dates) and bear German WW2 Markings

Original British 18th Century Naval Boarding Cutlass with Armorer Mark Brown Bess Muskets On the marchOriginal Item: Only one available. A British Naval Boarding Cutlass of the figure of Eight guard style with plain all steel grip in use from about 1750 being replaced in 1804 with a similar model but then having a cast grip displaying 18 horizontal groves. It is felt that these figure of eight or double disc cutlasses may date from as early as 1727 with a delivery of 1,000 cutlasses from the British cutler Thomas Hollier. Issued with 29" blades these