This design of foot artillery sword has a straight, heavy double-edged steel blade. There are two side-by-side fullers, starting just below the hilt. This is of the earliest version of this sword, dated 1833 indicating that this is a first year manufacture sword, the earliest one we have ever seen!
Then, after a space of 11/16", there is a single center fuller that extends toward the blade's spear shaped point. The overall blade length is approximately 19 1/4''.
The blade is stamped on the reverse, near the hilt:
UNITED
STATES
1839
On the obverse, near the hilt stamped under an American Eagle, is:
N. P. AMES
SPRINGFIELD
The top of the crossguard is marked with MS
The grips have been molded in a scalloped eagle feather design. Three transverse iron rivets secure it to the tang of the blade. The pommel is decorated on each side with a heavily incised American eagle, with shield, holding arrows in his left talon and an olive branch in his right talon. The eagle's head faces towards its right. The straight cross quillons terminate in disk shaped finials, which are in great shape
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