Original U.S. Civil War Model 1852 Navy Officer's Sword with Original Leather Scabbard & Hangers- Scarce London Made Example Antique Colts the arming sword developed into

the arming sword developed into several forms of the early modern one-handed straight swords

Over 175 years of life the leather has shrunk so the bayonet is difficult to fully seat in the scabbard

Attached to: 17th

suddenly appear on the collector's market

and is now worn to an oxidized patina

Original U.S. Civil War Model 1852 Navy Officer's Sword with Original Leather Scabbard & Hangers- Scarce London Made Example Antique Colts the arming sword developed intoOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a scarce M1852 Naval Officers dress sword with a London manufactured blade. The blade was made by Joseph Starkey of Conduit Street, London. These swords are scarce in their own right but to have a foreign made blade made this example a real treasure. The sword is contained in a fine leather scabbard that is brass mounted, with knotted rope base fittings for the suspension rings, which are both present with