Original U.S. Civil War Rare Model 1860 Naval Cutlass by Ames Mfg. Co. with Period-Cutdown Guard & Partial Riveted Scabbard - Dated 1862 Original Display Machine Guns with AKE being one of

with AKE being one of them

It has a great patinated look

and there is little moth damage we can see

possibly of WWI vintage

but rather is made of solid brass

Original U.S. Civil War Rare Model 1860 Naval Cutlass by Ames Mfg. Co. with Period-Cutdown Guard & Partial Riveted Scabbard - Dated 1862 Original Display Machine Guns with AKE being one ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rough but fair modified example of the rarely seen U. S. Naval Cutlass, as used from 1861 1865. The boarding cutlass was derived from the French pattern of 1833, often referred to as a cullere a pot, or more commonly called the soup ladle weapon. It features all brass mounts and a heavily cracked leather wrapped wooden sword grip. Many of these were never bound in brass wire even though there are grooves.