United States. A Model 1852 Naval Officer’s Dress Sword Newly Listed and showing evidence of period

and showing evidence of period use

both set on a 65 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and red wool twill reverse liner

George VI (TPR

46 mm x 17 mm)

United States. A Model 1852 Naval Officer’s Dress Sword Newly Listed and showing evidence of periodA United States Navy Officers dress sword, measuring 90 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 74 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with a fuller running approximately three quarters of the length of each side. Intricate acid etched designs are applied to both sides, with the obverse bearing a central oval flanked by arabesques (presumably for the addition of owner initials or monograms),