Art. Sword ID

[archmjr]

I think this is french but CW era and dug. Anyone have a clue of where and value.

 

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[Floater]

Need a picture of the whole thing too. I dont think French though. The Lettering Font would be of british or american stamping. Did you clean that section up? If you could also post the approx location or state.you found it too. Cmon MJR we need more clues.Nice piece though from what I see so far. Dont clean it up anymore though.Find out what it is first then determine if it can and should be cleaned. HH

 

[Masonlid]

It looks like a knife from the picture.

 

[archmjr]

Here is the whole pic. It is short artillery sword in length. Came out of a barn in N. Va and I saw one for sale in a Manassas antique mall for $500, which can't be right unless someone can Id that they came over from someone during the war.

 

[Masonlid]

Hmmmm..could it be a C.S.A bowie knife?

 

[Floater]

Here are some thums of the sword Id,http://www.angelfire.com/wa/swordcollector/marks/page2.html this is another site but interstingly enough It appears to be a non regulation Revolutionary war type sword.
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/swordcollector/USpatterns/ Try these sites and if no luck do some other searches. Good Luck and Let us know what you find out. HH

 

[stoney56]

It looks to maybe be more of a cutlass because most british/CW swords i've seen aka replicas have a basket guard. A couple I looked at on web that were French/German style had a similar style guard. JMO. Good luck on the research-try looking under antique swords with eagle pommel, HH

 

[archmjr]

Thanks for all the feedback. Here is the reverse side of the pommel/handguard.

Thanks!

Arch

 

[torinogtman]

Maybe a Royal Arch Masons sword?

http://members.aol.com/machood/swordsociety1.html might be a website that can help.