United States. A Model 1852 Naval Officer’s Dress Sword Hold dated 22 September 1944

dated 22 September 1944

due to its ability to brighten when light is placed upon it

One Commemorative Cross bearing a bust of Franz Joseph I and the years 1848-1908

Constructed of a field-grey rayon backer

one epaulette with a fabric band attached

United States. A Model 1852 Naval Officer’s Dress Sword Hold dated 22 September 1944A 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),