6270 Este Ave.
Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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Oct 31, 2018
32.75" curved, single-edged blade with a 24.5" stopped fuller. 38.5" in overall length with 5.75" gilt brass hilt with three-branch guard, Phrygian helmet pommel cap and cast acanthus leaf decorations. Grooved wood grip with shagreen covering and fourteen wraps of multi-strand wire with a coiled center strand flanked by two plain strands. Etched blade with foliate motifs, panoplies of arms, an American eagle and E Pluribus Unum on the obverse and similar patterns with a US as the central theme on the reverse. Obverse ricasso etched: W.H. / HORSTMANN / & SONS / PHILADELPHIA. Includes metal scabbard with plain gilt brass mounts and gold sword knot. An old hand written tag attached to the guard reads: Col. George Rogers / Mt. Vernon Ohio . No supporting documentation or provenance is provided.
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