British Naval P-1903 Boarding Cutlass & Shore Party Belt Hand Select:No Original Item: Actually made in

Original Item: Actually made in Canada during WW2

Transport frame is Original Grey/Black WWII Paint

or “screwed”

Straps are web with metal fittings in the P37 style

and the South eventually fielded at least one battery of Armstrong 12-pounder rifled muzzle loaders (RMLs) at the Battle of Richmond

British Naval P-1903 Boarding Cutlass & Shore Party Belt Hand Select:No Original Item: Actually made inOriginal Item: Ever since the early years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth the First (died 1603) the British Navy issued Cutlasses to all Boarding Parties and Shore Parties for security reasons. Be it recovering drunken Naval ratings from the port whorehouses, to Press Ganging new recruits, and just in case there was an encounter with the French, the wearing of a Cutlass was the order of the day when not aboard ship. These are the old P 1903