U.S. WWI Model 1904 Hospital Corps Bolo Knife
- The M-1904 Hospital Corps Knife was the first of the modern Springfield Armory made edged weapon to carry a serial number
- Serial number 11522
- Has flaming bomb proof
- 9 1/2" blade possible modified
- 16 1/4" overall length
- 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 US 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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