Dutch Navy Klewang Cutlasses, 1940
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- Cutlass - A short single edged sword with a flat wide, slightly curved blade. The cutlass is associated with pirates, who used it frequently in their sea raids, during the "Golden Age of Piracy" from around 1650 to 1720. The cutlass was adopted as the standard sword by the English, French, and American armed forces, from 18th century well into first half of 20th century.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- edged weapons, other - klewang (indonesia/Malaysia) 4
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edged weapons, swords
- cutlass 16
- swords, other 390
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