Original U.S. WWI US Navy Rare & Unissued M1917 Cutlass With Original Scabbard U.S. Machine Guns and definitely shows signs of

and definitely shows signs of age and weathering

It used the albumen found in egg whites to bind the photographic chemicals to the paper and became the dominant form of photographic positives from 1855 to the start of the 20th century

There may be additional markings

History of the A-11 Watch

Original U.S. WWI US Navy Rare & Unissued M1917 Cutlass With Original Scabbard U.S. Machine Guns and definitely shows signs ofOriginal 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