Identified Model 1850 Non-regulation Foot Officer's Sword

Description:

Identified Model 1850 Non-regulation Foot Officer's Sword, c. 1861-65, steel hilt with pierced hilt, and eagle over US, shagreen and wire-wrapped grip, steel blade marked on ricasso SCHUYLER HARTLEY/&GRAHAM/PROVED/NEW YORK on one side, and a CLAUBERG/SOLINGEN on the other, blade also engraved with US, and eagle, and foliate designs, steel scabbard engraved on upper hilt near throat C.R. POMEROY Jr./33rd O.V.I., blade lg. 32 1/2, overall lg. 38 in.

Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter F. Frazier and M. Prudence Fleck.
Estimate $800-1,000

Some light patina on steel parts and light engraving and spotting on blade, overall in good condition.


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