Original U.S. WWI Model 1909 Bolo Knife by Springfield Armory - dated 1912 Flags & Signs Some of the breech-blocks bear

Some of the breech-blocks bear the marks of the Royal Gun Factory and dates in the 1902–4 period

Early models employed the Maynard primer system

and together they sank the Japanese tanker Yaei Maru No

became hospitalized while we were awaiting favorable tailwinds to enable the 12-hour crossing of the Atlantic

and managed to turn his boat over in midstream

Original U.S. WWI Model 1909 Bolo Knife by Springfield Armory - dated 1912 Flags & Signs Some of the breech-blocks bearOriginal Item: Only One Available: The M 1909 Bolo Knife was 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. It was designed to be carried as a belt knife from its first production at the Springfield Armory in 1909 to its final production in 1915. Only 17,540 were produced at the Springfield Armory, making originals rare on the