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U.S. Army Model 1904 Hospital Corps Bolo Knife with Scabbard Dated 1911
Guns International #: 102492537 Seller's Inventory #: Shop-Inv
Category: Edged Weapons Pre 1900 - Knives - Military US
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Seller: Civil War Toys
Member Since: 5/30/19
First Name: vincent
Last Name: caponi
State: New York
Zip: 11565
Country: United States
Phone: (516) 353-3250
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Description:
This is an original U.S. Army Model1904 Hospital Corps Bolo Knife with Scabbard Dated 1911. This knife has a rounded sharpened tip. Brass guard and copper tip in the butt of the handle. The grips are in rosewood this blade. The blade is marked “S A” above a fireball and 1911 below that. The other side is marked U.S. 20896. The brown heavy leather Scabbard is marked “ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL 1911 H.E.K.” The knife and scabbard are in excellent condition.
The M-1904 Hospital Corps Knife was designed for use by the U. S. Army Medical Corps. Over 40,000 Hospital Corps Knives were made at the Springfield Armory, Springfield, MA between 1904 and 1914. Like all of the “bolo” knives, these were heavy knives intended for use both as brush clearing devices, as well as weapons. It was designed to aid U.S. Soldiers with jungle foliage that they found themselves in with incursions into Cuba and the Philippines, where natives used similar sized machetes.
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