Original British Napoleonic P-1804 "Figure Eight" Naval Boarding Cutlass with Scabbard - Battle of Trafalgar Period Edged Weapons The blade rates very good

The blade rates very good with spots of dis-colorization

and a bolt numbered to the gun

The bayonet still has the original WWII issue leather washer grip

On 20 December 1943 one of the group's planes

Original British Napoleonic P-1804 "Figure Eight" Naval Boarding Cutlass with Scabbard - Battle of Trafalgar Period Edged Weapons The blade rates very goodOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is very special and very hard to find. This is a very FINE example of the ROYAL NAVY'S "figure of Eight" Boarding Cutlass as used at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The iron guard is shaped in what is referred to as a figure of eight in that it is constructed of two attached iron discs being both the sword guard and the knuckle guard all cut from one sheet of iron. The iron grip is heavily ribbed for secure