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Antique US Civil War M1860 Union Light Cavalry Sword – AMES -1860 Saber Vtg Old

















Antique US Civil War M1860 Union Light Cavalry Sword – AMES -1860 Saber Vtg Old
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1 authentic antique Union Civil War model 1860 Light Cavalry sword available. This U.S. Cavalry sword would make an important addition to any office, den, or business; and would make a fine addition to any collection.
This U.S. Cavalry sword was made by Ames of Massachusetts. The blade ricasso is perfectly stamped with the maker’s name ‘AMES MFG. CO. CHICOPEE MASS.’. The reverse ricasso is stamped ‘U.S. G.W.S. 1864’. This Union sword has a leather-covered wood handle. The leather is wrapped with braided brass wire. The sword blade measures 34 1/2″ long.
The Phrygian style pommel cap is stamped ‘JH’. The scabbard has the braising line running all the way up the side. The scabbard drag is stamped with an inspector’s initials.
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Limited Edition GOLD CLASS Benchmade 470-131 Osborne EMISSARY Knife -Damasteel





Limited Edition GOLD CLASS Benchmade 470-131 Osborne EMISSARY Knife -Damasteel
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1 new in the box Gold Class Benchmade 470-131 Osborne Emissary available. This Limited Edition/numbered Gold Class knife would make an important addition to any collection.
This Gold Class Benchmade has micarta handle scales. The blade is marked with the Limited Edition serial # ‘1206’.
This knife measures 3 15/16″ when closed. The blade itself measures 2 15/16″. The blade is made of fine etched Hakapella Damasteel.
This high-end, premium knife comes in a custom Presentation Box, with its draw-string pouch, and Benchmade Certificate of Authenticity.
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EARLY DATE 1859—Antique US Civil War M1860 Union Light Cavalry Sword -AMES/Old








EARLY DATE 1859—Antique US Civil War M1860 Union Light Cavalry Sword -AMES/Old
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1 authentic antique Union Civil War model 1860 Light Cavalry sword available. This is a wartime M1860 Cavalry sword as its date is 1859. This U.S. Cavalry sword would make an important addition to any office, den, or business; and would make a fine addition to any collection.
This U.S. Cavalry sword was made by Ames of Massachusetts. The blade ricasso is stamped with the maker’s name ‘AMES MFG. CO. CHICOPEE MASS.’. The reverse ricasso is stamped ‘U.S. J.H 1859’. This Union sword has a leather-covered wood handle. The leather is wrapped with braided brass wire. The sword blade measures 35″ long.
The Phrygian style pommel cap is stamped perhaps ‘LOM’. The scabbard has the braising line running all the way up the side.
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US M1902 Ames/Gelhaar Saber -Old/Antique 1931 PRESENTATION ‘First Prize’ Sword










US M1902 Ames/Gelhaar Saber -Old/Antique 1931 PRESENTATION ‘First Prize’ Sword
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1 antique U.S. Officer’s model M1902 dress sword available. This is an Ames Mfg. Presentation sword–it is etched on the blade:
‘DONATED BY CAPT. CHAS. B. EGGEN, S.C. PRESIDENT, DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS R.O.A.’. The reverse side of the blade is etched ‘2ND LT. EMMETT E. WILSON, INF. FIRST PRIZE IN DEPARTMENT MEMBERSHIP CONTEST 1931’.
This sword was made by Ames Mfg. for the Gelhaar Uniform Co. of Kansas City, MO.
This ca.1931 U.S. sword has its original canvas sword bag with it. Inside the top flap it is marked ‘Lt. Emmett Wilson 353rd Infantry’.
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German Naval Officer Sword -Old/Antique 1874-76 Eickhorn/WW1 -ID’d w/PROVENANCE




















German Naval Officer Sword -Old/Antique 1874-76 Eickhorn/WW1 -ID’d w/PROVENANCE
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Want to trade for this sword? Contact us at 715-557-1688 or mbrice@stcroixblades.com to let us know what you have in trade.
1 identified antique 1874-1876 German Officer’s Naval Sword. This sword comes with its portepee. This sword is identified on the fold-down guard to an officer on the German WW1 era Cruiser ‘Cormoran’.
A whole book of archival materials on the officer E. Fratschera has been dug up, and comes with this fine sword. There are around 100 pages of history on this officer and on the ‘Cormoran’.
This sword was made by Carl Eickhorn.Dimensions: The length in the scabbard is 93.0 cm, the length of the blade is 78.5 cm, the width of the blade at the heel is 1.8 cm.
The blade is steel, slightly curved, one-edged, with one wide cut on each side; at the bottom of the rectangular heel. On the left side of the heel there is stamped the manufacturer in the form of two squirrels. The blade on both sides is decorated with etched ornamentation, consisting of (from the bottom up) images of the ship; an anchor wrapped in a chain; imperial German crown; crossed arrows and a lighthouse. All images are interspersed with curly ribbons.On the other side of the blade (from below upwards) is the ship; Anchor with chain; imperial German crown; ship’s wheel, crossed guns; military armature, as well as curly ribbons.
Between the blade and the hilt is a red cloth wiper strip.
Ephesus is bronze, cast, gilded. Consists of an arch, pommel with a back and two folding flaps – large and small; the handle bone.
The bow of the hilt is a slotted, with the image of laurel leaves. A large scutum panel with a picture of laurel leaves; in an oval imperial crown over an anchor with a chain. The small flap is also slotted, with laurel leaves, and the name “Fratzscher” is engraved on the inside.The top is made in the form of a lion’s muzzle, the left eye with a red glass, and the right one with a green one. Backrest with a relief image of the lion’s mane and laurel leaves.
Bone handle with perpendicular grooves, inside of which there are three rows of brass twisted wire.
The hilt has a portepee in the form of a string of woven silver threads with red veins and brushes made of twisted yarn.The sheath is made of black leather, the mouth, the clip and the tip of the scabbard are brass, gilded, with a relief image of laurel leaves. At the mouth of the scabbard on the inside of the pin, with which the sword is mounted in a sheath. On the tip of the scabbard is a protruding flat ridge.
An officer with such a name is present in the nominal lists of the German Kaiser’s fleet from 1914 to 1918. and was listed on the auxiliary cruiser “Cormoran” .
It should be noted that the surname of the owner on the saber shield is given in the Fratzscher variant, and it is in this form present in the early list of officers of the German fleet, where they manually corrected the name “Fratscher” without the letter “z” in the middle. In this version, it exists in subsequent documents. Probably, the difficult pronunciation of the original surname made the owner simplify it, which is quite typical for the army and navy of any country.To this saber are attached three sets of documents related to the life and activities of the owner of the saber Erich Fratschera (Frattsher) and to the ship “Cormoran”, on which he served.
The auxiliary cruiser Cormoran (the former passenger steamship Ryazan) had a rather unusual fate. Caught without coal in the neutral waters of the island of Guam during the First World War, he remained there for three years until the Americans colonizing Guam and declaring war on Germany demanded his surrender and disarmament. The commander refused and ordered the ship to be scuttled.
The first set of materials includes three photographs (one of them is genuine) of Erich Fratschera and his wife, supplemented with a cloth strip with crossed anchors and a brass stamped gilded emblem (on a tunic or on shoulder straps?) In the form of crossed anchors, as well as photocopies of documents, associated with ships and officers of the imperial German navy of 1914 – 1918. These documents are supplemented with photocopies from books and magazines, concerning Guam and the location of the German ship Cormoran there.The second set consists of photocopies of covers and separate sheets from books in English “The Cormorant”, “German raids into the southern seas” with the image of “Cormoran”, “Americanization” (tells the story of the development of Guam USA), “German ships of World War I “And” The History of Guam “; as well as a photocopy of the article “Destruction of” Cormoran “in English.
The third set is correspondence related to the history of the Cormoran and its marches to the southern seas; a photocopy of the book “Desperate campaign. The history of the German cruiser “Cormoran” in the First World War. “
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Manchukuo CHINESE GENERALS Sword -WW II -Old WW2 Manchuria -Japanese-Controlled









Manchukuo CHINESE GENERALS Sword -WW II -Old WW2 Manchuria -Japanese-Controlled
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1 very rare 1920’s through WW2 Manchukuo (Manchuria) Chinese General’s Sword available. This rare sword would make an important addition to any collection.
The backstrap is decorated with the Manchurian plum blossom. The grip is tortoiseshell, which designates this sword as a Manchukuoan/Manchurian General’s sword.
According to Jim Dawson’s book, Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945–Cyclopedia Edition, the Japanese had influence in Manchuria, China, dating back to the Russo-Japanese War. Then later in 1932, the Japanese invaded Manchuria using an incident caused by the Japanese Kwantung Army as an excuse. -

WW1 era German Bavarian Prussian WK&C Short Sword -WKC -RARE -In Treue Fest -th




WW1 era German Bavarian Prussian WK&C Short Sword -WKC -RARE -In Treue Fest -th
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1 hard to find German (Bavarian or Prussian) WW1 or earlier short sword available. The collector who I bought this from said it was a border patrol or border customs sword. This early short sword would make an important addition to any collection.
This short sword was made by W.K.&C. It has its original portopee—which is in fine condition.
The blade is etched ‘In Treue Fest’ (In Faithfulness).
This sword measures 28 1/2” overall.
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WW1 Imperial German Army Officer Lion Head Sword -YELLOW EYES -Collection -th





WW1 Imperial German Army Officer Lion Head Sword -YELLOW EYES -Collection -th
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1 Imperial German Army Officer WW1 Lionhead sword available. This sword would make an important addition to any collection.
This fine sword is personalized with the original officer’s initials on the guard ear’s engraving plate.
The Lion head on this sword has yellow jeweled eyes.
The blade is etched with filigree designs.
This sword measures 36” overall.





















































































