US Post WWII USMC Officers Sword, Named
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $375.00

Original era manufacture. The regulation Mameluke pattern sword adopted by the United States Marines around 1825, supposedly patterned after a sword presented to Lieutenant O'Bannon by Ottoman Prince Hamet, after the 1st Barbary War in 1805. Thirty inch polished steel blade with etched panels on each side, and with the original owners name engraved on the reverse side.Simple brass cross guard with traces of its original gilding remaining, cream color composition grips, with a thin crack in the pommel near the sword knot opening.Dent free chrome finished scabbard with gilded brass fittings in sound condition. A very handsome pattern sword to be sure, and with the owners name research potential is certainly there.