Original U.S. WWI Private Purchase Bolo Knife Machete with Embossed Leather Scabbard - c.1914-1918 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock and was awarded the Certificate

and was awarded the Certificate for Gallantry as a result

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resulting in Gordon being imprisoned and sent to Massawa

Chelveston where it remained for the remainder of the war

Original U.S. WWI Private Purchase Bolo Knife Machete with Embossed Leather Scabbard - c.1914-1918 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock and was awarded the CertificateOriginal 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