CIVIL WAR CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD M.1840

Standard pattern. See The American Sword, Peterson, #84. Brass hilt with three bar guards, each element with high relief foliate decoration. Wire wrapped ray skin grip (very light wear). 35” broad and narrow fullered blade in original leather blade seat. The first half decorated with US, eagle, trophies of arms, E PLURIBUS UNUM, foliage and W CLAUBERG SOLINGEN, maker’s name. The stamped name repeated on the left ricasso. The back marked IRON PROOF. Light gray patina. The decoration finely executed and preserved. Brass mounted iron scabbard with stable light storage degradation to the iron. Good untouched example of a rare pattern which served in the Civil War.