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Post by Matthew.Jensen on Jan 27, 2014 10:57:43 GMT
I am not exactly sure what kind of sword this is and I am hoping someone on the forum can help out. My dad asked me to identify the blade. He is not sure if the blade was my grandfathers or great grandfathers. Please let me know if you have any info. More photos here drive.google.com/folderview?id= ... sp=sharing Attachments:
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Post by LemuelTheLemur on Jan 27, 2014 11:24:44 GMT
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Post by Deepbluedave on Jan 27, 2014 16:40:18 GMT
I would say 1852 pattern. I looked on "old swords" and there was a lot of different 1852's, a few of them looked very close to your pictures but the picture quality on olds swords is not that great so is hard to narrow it down, still is a place to, start hope this helps.
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Post by adtharp on Jan 27, 2014 22:07:18 GMT
Correct, this is a Navy 1852. Standard issue officer saber since 1852 - today.
My guess would be WWI - WWII era. It doesn't look to have real ray or shark skin - which it likely would have up until the early 20th century.
Your biggest clue will be the manufacturer/seller markings on the blade. You showed a picture which identifies A --- COOPERA---. My best would be A & N Cooperative, Washington D.C.
"Directory of American Military Goods Dealers & Makers 1785-1915 Combined Edition" by Bazelon & Mcguinn -
"Army & Navy Co-Operative Co. (Trade Name ARNACOST). NYC. this large uniform house, with branches in Phila., Washington, D.C. & Galveston, was formed in 1912 (per ads). The ARNACOST trade mark was first noted in ANJ/ANR of 1913. The 1914 addresses are 28-30 W. 38 NYC, 1023 H St. D.C. & 1123 S. Broad in Phila. They adv. as having purchased Harfield & Sons Oct 23, 1915 when their NYC address was 116 E. 42nd. They were apparently making civilian garments as well as uniforms. The firm was apparently in financial trouble as Scudder in 1919 shows their Texas charter forfeited for non-payment of taxes. The firm was purchased by Russell Uniform Co. which changed its own address to that of the last A&N C0-Op listing of 245 B'way. Sigmund Eisner was apparently one of the organizers of the firm as at his death (1925), stock in the defunct firm was considered worthless (Scuder 1928 Ed.)."
So that likely validates my original estimate - did your grandfather or great grandfather serve in WWI?
Drew
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Jan 28, 2014 0:51:46 GMT
That is a karma worthy answer, so guess what? Have some karma!
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Post by Matthew.Jensen on Jan 28, 2014 22:10:09 GMT
-- I believe so. Oddly enough I never heard much about my great grandfather on that side of the family. I know there was a long history of service but not much conversation about it. I found out my grandfather was a Colonel at his funeral and that damn near blew my mind.
Anyways, thanks to everyone for the assistance. Also Adtharp, thank you for the detailed info. Much appreciated.
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