AMERICAN WAR OF 1812 MILITIA OFFICER HORSEMAN CAVALRY SWORD 34 1/2 INCH BLADE For Sale

AMERICAN WAR OF 1812 MILITIA OFFICER HORSEMAN CAVALRY SWORD 34 1/2 INCH BLADE
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AMERICAN WAR OF 1812 MILITIA OFFICER HORSEMAN CAVALRY SWORD 34 1/2 INCH BLADE:
$895.00

SAVING OUR HISTORY,AMERICAN WAR OF 1812 MILITIA OFFICER CAVALRY SWORD CA 1805- 1810SOME OF THE BLUING AND ENGRAVINGS ARE STILL PRESENT. THIS SWORD WAS MADE FOR AN AMERICAN OFFICER. MISSING THE LEATHER AND SMALL PART OF THE WOOD IN GRIP IS MISSING. LARGE SWORD, MEASURES 38 INCHES OVERALL WITH A 34 1/4 INCH BLADE.
C.1805-1810 of a pattern which evolved directly from Revolutionary war examples. Made for a state militia cavalry unit before 1808 and undoubtedly served in the War of 1812. Brass hilt with slotted P form guard. The workmanship and character accord In detail with the handmade swords of the Revolution. The style, most significantly, the recurved knuckle bow, suggests slightly later manufacture. That feature was evolving in French Napoleonic swords and fully developed by the 1808 government contracts. Prior to 1808, state militias supplied their own weapons of which this is one. Patterns varied and very few examples identifiable to that period exist. It is likely that most state militia swords were repurposed Revolutionary War swords. After 1808, the government supplied weapons to the militias.
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