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Bookmark or Share- 1872 Staff NCO Sword - EDGED WEAPONS - U.S. Militaria ForumThe old 1840 regulation Sergeant's sword continued to be worn concurrently with this Staff NCO sword. Also notice in the above catalogs that the military suppliers continued to sell the knight's head pommel swords that were often worn by Militia Sergeants. So, during this time there were three NCO swords in military wear.
- WW1 era Navy officer sword from Brooklyn - or is it?It looked a bit different than the Navy swords I usually encounter, even those made in the late 30's (the last ones made before WWII started and the Navy stopped using them at all). The blade width at the ricasso was .75 inches (about 19mm).
- Origin of the M1841 USN Officer’s Sword - US MILITARIA FORUMThere is only one author who had examined enough actual artifacts to form a theory on this, let alone noticing that there was enough commonality in the surviving swords to realize a theory ought to be formed, and that was Peter Tuite in the previously referenced 2004 US Naval Officers: Their Swords and Dirks. His material on the M1841 is mostly ...
- 1840 1860 1872 sabres and swords - U.S. Militaria ForumMost of the IW photos I have seen show officers wearing the lighter 1872 regulation swords. Enlisted men would have probably been issued the light cavalry (1860) sabre. Since this sword remained regulation until the sword trials after the turn of the century, even the (then) newly made iron hilt Ames 1906 swords were of this pattern.
- 1902 Army Officer Swords - EDGED WEAPONS - U.S. Militaria ForumThis Eickhorn logo will also be found on pre-war German swords and daggers. View of the blade etching showing the eagle normally found on the obverse of these 1902 Army Officer Saber blades. The eagle wings are generally spread from hilt to tip on the blade of US manufactured swords while the eagle is often found in this configuration on German ...
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