CONFEDERATE CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD

Classic conversion of a French officer’s sword by removing the side bars to produce a simple stirrup guard. Wire wrapped horn grip. 36” broad and narrow fullered blade with French proof to the ricasso and conformed to US specifications as a result. As well, the South depended on remnants of inscription to the back. French swords redesigned after the Napoleonic wars were the inspiration for American patterns. Many Union officer’s carried French swords which conformed to US patterns as a result. The South depended on French swords as many were more than a generation old at the time of the Civil War and available on the secondary market. Some, like this one, were personalized by modifications.