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U.S. Infantry officer's sword and scabbard circa 1827-40
steel hilt, bird's-head pommel, bone grip, etched blade; marked "A:W: SPIES" on reverse ricasso; together with steel scabbard.
overall L35" blade L30 3/4"
Provenance: Property deaccessioned from the Centennial Museum at the University of Texas at El Paso to benefit the Museum Collections Fund. (Accession #55.38.4 inked on crossguard)
Purchased by Norm Flayderman, Wallingford Hall, Kennebunk, Maine.
From the most important American sword collection of Philip Medicus, New York, New York.
Literature: Bazelon, Bruce S. & William F. McGuinn. A DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MILITARY GOODS, DEALERS & MAKERS 1785-1915. Manassas, Virginia, 1990. p.156.
Flayderman, Norm AMERICAN SWORDS FROM THE PHILIP MEDICUS COLLECTION. Mowbray Publishers, 1998. p.150, pl.71, #7e.
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