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1902 Army Officer Swords - EDGED WEAPONS - U. S. Militaria Forum This inter-war sword was manufactured by Carl Eickhorn in Solingen and was imported from Germany prior to World War II This 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
M C Lilley Sword - EDGED WEAPONS - U. S. Militaria Forum M C Lilley, and most other cutlers and sellers of militaria, imported their blades and sometimes entire swords M C Lilley might have imported this sword entire, or imported just the blade from a Solingen firm and made or contracted the furniture
USMC M1859 Sergeants Sword - EDGED WEAPONS - U. S. Militaria Forum Initially all M1859 sergeants' swords were worn with a frog, but latter, probably the early 1880s, senior Staff NCOs were authorized to wear their swords with slings such as on your example Your sword seems to be stamped with the king's head mark of the Solingen sword-making firm of Weyersberg
Origins of the M1830 USN Officer’s Sword - US MILITARIA FORUM While these swords were apparently the model for the M1826 USMC Officer’s sword, according to Jim Cheevers in the video at the link above, before 1826, I don’t think this type of hilt or dramatically curved blade design were associated in the American mind with any particular military force
USN Sword German made GEMSCO - US MILITARIA FORUM Well I have searched all over the forum and this may be the first GEMSCO sword ever posted on the forum There are very few references to these anyway online, and it appears that most of them are wrong, as they are often called WWI swords even though the eagle on the pommel faces its right At le
CS sword, original, fake or replica?! - US MILITARIA FORUM Civil war swords and knifes are being remade by blacksmiths which makes it even more scary trying to collect them I now stay away from the civil war stuff unless its guarenteed for life by the seller and that normally dont or wont happen because alot of times the person selling them really dont know for sure either If it is a copy Im sorry it happened to you Shawn
USMC Mameluke sword grip color and material - US MILITARIA FORUM The German edged weapon makers used several different materials for their grips Ivory was available as an expensive option on both swords and daggers A German Kriegsmarine sword from Eickhorn could be purchased with a celluloid grip for RM 27,20 from the prewar catalog Adding an ivory grip increased the price to RM 38,70
1902 Army Officer sword variation - US MILITARIA FORUM Gentlemen, I thought I would show a recent addition This is a variation 1902 Army Officer sword that seems to have been made as a military academy cadet sword It has a plain straight blade and a straight scabbard made like academy swords It also has a white sharkskin grip in the standard model
Three Civil War Swords…Horstmann Sons, Philadelphia- Ames (1864)…Roby . . . Ames Mfg Co The Ames Company started production of military contract swords in 1832 with the M1832 foot artillery sword, and ended with the M1906 cavalry saber in 1906 Ames produced more swords for the American military than any other company before or since, totalling over 200,000 swords in service by the end of the Civil War
C. Roby Model 1860 US Cavalry Officers Saber with etched blade. That becoming apparent not just with blades but some fittings and scabbards, with the possibilities of entire swords being produced abroad The association with Horstmann and earlier retailers furbishers with Solingen many decades old