Straight 28 inch blade with 14 inch fuller and 13 inch blued and gilt panel engraved with conventional florals and panoply and inscribed on the bottom floral panel W.H. Horstmann & Sons and with Philadelphia on the reverse. Simple brass hilt with D-shaped guard cast and chased on the sides and interior edge with a feathered design. Pommel of Widmann Type VI. Reeded bone grip. Plain scabbard with knobbed drag, two suspension rings and frog stud. Stamped on the reverse Horstmann and numbered 421. Condition: Fine blade showing light scratches and with some purpling and fading to bluing. Hilt and scabbard with dark brown patina. See Illustration Note: This is perhaps the last Widmann-inspired type of eagle pommel sword produced by Horstmann for militia officers.
Straight 28 inch blade with 14 inch fuller and 13 inch blued and gilt panel engraved with conventional florals and panoply and inscribed on the bottom floral panel W.H. Horstmann & Sons and with Philadelphia on the reverse. Simple brass hilt with D-shaped guard cast and chased on the sides and interior edge with a feathered design. Pommel of Widmann Type VI. Reeded bone grip. Plain scabbard with knobbed drag, two suspension rings and frog stud. Stamped on the reverse Horstmann and numbered 421. Condition: Fine blade showing light scratches and with some purpling and fading to bluing. Hilt and scabbard with dark brown patina. See Illustration Note: This is perhaps the last Widmann-inspired type of eagle pommel sword produced by Horstmann for militia officers.
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