Original U.S. Civil War Era Army Officer's M1860 Dress Sword by G.F. Foster Son & Co. with Scabbard Category_Blunderbuss prior to it being shipped

prior to it being shipped overseas 5 September 1943

but on late production MP 38s and MP 40s

and has never had the ends sewn together

247 men to 243

the first U

Original U.S. Civil War Era Army Officer's M1860 Dress Sword by G.F. Foster Son & Co. with Scabbard Category_Blunderbuss prior to it being shippedOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just received out of an old collection along with about 100 other swords! This is the standard Union Officer's Dress or Parade Sword Model 1860, as issued during the Civil War. It has a very etched 30" steel blade, which is etched on the ricasso by the maker retailer (very faint): G. F. FOSTER SON & CO. CHICAGO ILL Like all "Military Outfitters" they offered numerous private purchase items for officers. This sword