Original U.S. WWI Private Purchase Bolo Knife Machete with Embossed Leather Scabbard - c.1914-1918 Edged Weapons It bears serial number 3477b

It bears serial number 3477b on the barrel jacket

and is tight and mechanically sound

The right chest bears an fantastic vibrant and detailed hand painted MOBY DICK 320th Bomb Squadron insignia

Complete with original pin back and manufacturer markings and PARIS

Attached to the scabbard is the original set of hanging straps

Original U.S. WWI Private Purchase Bolo Knife Machete with Embossed Leather Scabbard - c.1914-1918 Edged Weapons It bears serial number 3477bOriginal Item: Only One Available: This is a fantastic find, and the first one that we have had! Like all of the "bolo" knives, these were heavy knives intended for use both as brush clearing devices, as well as weapons. They were designed to aid US soldiers with jungle foliage that they found themselves in with incursions into Cuba and the Philippines, where natives used similar sized machetes. The U. S. had several official patterns, but many