SIX SOUTHEAST ASIAN EDGED WEAPONS FROM THE PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN OF 1898-1906, AND LATER PRESENTED TO THE HIGGINS MUSEUM BY THE DESCENDANT FAMILY OF BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM HAMDEN SAGE (1859-1922) the first three Moro kris, the blades encrusted with silver bands at the base, the grips overlaid with sheet silver and silver wire in alternating bands, and two with silver pommels formed as a stylised dragon; the fourth a barong, with broad leaf-shaped blade, and carved bone grip encased with chased copper at the base; the fifth a parang, with cleaver shaped blade and carved wooden grip, the sixth an Igorot headsman's axe, of characteristic form, with long wooden haft the first: 56.5 cm; 22 1/4 in blade Provenance Donated to the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection 9th May 1957 by Nathaniel Sage, Jr. and William H. Sage III, grandsons of Brigadier General William Hamden Sage (1859-1922). JWHA Inv. Nos. 3143.10, 3143.13, 3143.6, 3143.15, 3143.12, 3143.7 Sage was born at Centerville, New York, 6th April 1859. He graduated from West Point in 1882; from the Army War College in 1907. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, 5th United States Infantry, June 13, 1882 and was promoted through the grades to Colonel, 12th U.S. Infantry, June 13, 1915; temporary Major General, National Guard, August 5, 1917. He was professor of Military Sciences and Tactics, Central University of Kentucky, Richmond, Kentucky, 1892-93; on garrison duty in Texas, 1894-95; Aide-de-Camp to General Ovenshine in the Philippines in 1898; served as Adjutant General, 1st and 2nd Brigades, 1st Division, XIII Army Corps; Adjutant General, 3rd District, Mindanao and Jolo, Philippines; Malsbang, Philippines, 1906; at the War College, 1906-07; Adjutant General, Department of the Columbia, 1907; Mexican Border Service, 1916-17; Commander, Camp Shelby, Hattisburg, Mississippi, September 1917-March 1918; served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in World War I. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for service during the Philippine Insurrection, at Zapote River, Philippines, June 13, 1899. The citation reads as follows: "With nine men volunteered to hold an advanced position and held it against a terrific fire of the enemy estimated at 1,000 strong. Taking a rifle from a wounded man, and cartridges from the belts of others, Captain Sage himself killed 5 of the enemy." He died on June 4, 1922 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Abridged from http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net
SIX SOUTHEAST ASIAN EDGED WEAPONS FROM THE PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN OF 1898-1906, AND LATER PRESENTED TO THE HIGGINS MUSEUM BY THE DESCENDANT FAMILY OF BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM HAMDEN SAGE (1859-1922) the first three Moro kris, the blades encrusted with silver bands at the base, the grips overlaid with sheet silver and silver wire in alternating bands, and two with silver pommels formed as a stylised dragon; the fourth a barong, with broad leaf-shaped blade, and carved bone grip encased with chased copper at the base; the fifth a parang, with cleaver shaped blade and carved wooden grip, the sixth an Igorot headsman's axe, of characteristic form, with long wooden haft the first: 56.5 cm; 22 1/4 in blade Provenance Donated to the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection 9th May 1957 by Nathaniel Sage, Jr. and William H. Sage III, grandsons of Brigadier General William Hamden Sage (1859-1922). JWHA Inv. Nos. 3143.10, 3143.13, 3143.6, 3143.15, 3143.12, 3143.7 Sage was born at Centerville, New York, 6th April 1859. He graduated from West Point in 1882; from the Army War College in 1907. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, 5th United States Infantry, June 13, 1882 and was promoted through the grades to Colonel, 12th U.S. Infantry, June 13, 1915; temporary Major General, National Guard, August 5, 1917. He was professor of Military Sciences and Tactics, Central University of Kentucky, Richmond, Kentucky, 1892-93; on garrison duty in Texas, 1894-95; Aide-de-Camp to General Ovenshine in the Philippines in 1898; served as Adjutant General, 1st and 2nd Brigades, 1st Division, XIII Army Corps; Adjutant General, 3rd District, Mindanao and Jolo, Philippines; Malsbang, Philippines, 1906; at the War College, 1906-07; Adjutant General, Department of the Columbia, 1907; Mexican Border Service, 1916-17; Commander, Camp Shelby, Hattisburg, Mississippi, September 1917-March 1918; served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in World War I. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for service during the Philippine Insurrection, at Zapote River, Philippines, June 13, 1899. The citation reads as follows: "With nine men volunteered to hold an advanced position and held it against a terrific fire of the enemy estimated at 1,000 strong. Taking a rifle from a wounded man, and cartridges from the belts of others, Captain Sage himself killed 5 of the enemy." He died on June 4, 1922 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Abridged from http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net
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