Original U.S. Civil War Non-Regulation German-Made Officer’s Sword Carried by Colonel John Herron Cain, 155th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry U.S. Navy A distinctive feature of the

A distinctive feature of the Walloon sword is the presence of a thumb-ring

is fully inlaid with camel bone (especially the butt stock)

for a mounter with the last name Zapf in Kassel

in 1915 designed a fuse that could not explode until it was in the air at speed

The second page features another amazing personal photograph

Original U.S. Civil War Non-Regulation German-Made Officer’s Sword Carried by Colonel John Herron Cain, 155th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry U.S. Navy A distinctive feature of theOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous non regulation officers sword likely manufactured in Germany and retailed by William H. Horstmann & Sons of Philadelphia. The sword comes with a tremendous attribution to Colonel John Herron Cain, who commanded the 155th. The sword came with the provenance that it was kept rusted in an attic for many decades, leading to the heavy pitting across the entirety of the hilt and scabbard, but the sharkskin