CIVIL WAR MILITIA SWORD, SCABBARD AND BELT MOUNT

Antebellum period, C. 1840-50. Type carried by Non Commissioned Officers in both the North and South. See The American Sword, Peterson, Peterson, #11.  25 1/2” double edged blade decorated 2/3 its length with foliage, trophies of arms and eagle under E PLURIBUS UNUM ribbon Light gray patina). Brass hilt with reeded bone grip. Complete with its brass mounted leather scabbard, excellent for the period, and very original belt mount “frog”.  The only such complete set we have offered. State militias comprised the majority of combatants at the outbreak of the Civil War. As this sword survived the war and later, it can surely be assumed to have served. From the famous Frank Barnyak collection.