Original French Pre-WWII Senegalese Tirailleurs Type Entrenching Machete with Leather Scabbard Category_Blunderbuss Stevenson was posthumously awarded the

Stevenson was posthumously awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart

so it was most likely re-wrapped in the late 19th century

Our example is a a very good condition example of the cavalry carbine version

so it is slightly loose

The design is quite unique and quality of craftsmanship is very high

Original French Pre-WWII Senegalese Tirailleurs Type Entrenching Machete with Leather Scabbard Category_Blunderbuss Stevenson was posthumously awarded theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Pre WWII Era French Coupe short entrenching machete, as used by the Tirailleurs Sngalais (Senegalese Colonial Troops) for the first half of the 20th century. These were first introduced in 1898, and continued to be produced and used up through WWII. They were even reissued as late as the 1960s, and examples saw service during the Indochina Wars. Early versions were maker marked on the blade, but