Original U.S. Civil War Model 1852 Navy Officer's Sword with Original Leather Scabbard & Weyersberg-Made Blade - Horstmann & Sons, Philadelphia Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The inner label is dated

The inner label is dated March 27

but was led by white officers

The hilt has a palm swell and was made of thin leather washers

The poster is dated along the bottom “US Government Printing Office 1943

From the great named Optics Collection IMA received in 2018

Original U.S. Civil War Model 1852 Navy Officer's Sword with Original Leather Scabbard & Weyersberg-Made Blade - Horstmann & Sons, Philadelphia Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The inner label is datedOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a scarce M1852 Naval Officers dress sword with a gorgeous triple etched Weyersberg Made blade, distributed by Horstmann & Sons, Philadelphia. 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.