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Sword
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Sword

Date1861-1865
MediumSteel, brass, leather, wood
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall length): 35in. (88.9cm) Other (blade length): 29 1/2in. (74.9cm)
ClassificationsWeapons
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Dixon Welling
Object number1952.94.3
DescriptionSlightly curved single edged sword with no fullers, and a rudimentary false edge. The hilt of the sword is cast brass and features three branches on the obverse side which form the guard, and then converge at the base of the knuckle bow.
The pommel is of the Phrygian helmet pattern, with a rivet at the base of it to secure the tang of the blade. The handle is wood covered in leather and wrapped with steel wire.
The sword is unmarked and has no designs or patterns at all.
Status
Not on view
Full view of sword with scabbard
Captain Thomas R. Mead
1861
Presentation Sword and Scabbard
Hervey Fitts Jacobs
1862
Full view of sword with scabbard
Colonel George Perkins Bissell
1862
Full view of sword with scabbard
Henry Champion Deming
1863
Full view of sword with scabbard
General Alfred Howe Terry
1865
Gift of Reverend Thomas Robbins, 1839.1.0  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
William Hayden
1637
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2009.166.1  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
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1802-1803
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Waterman Lilly Ormsby
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