United States. A Model 1852 Naval Officer’s Dress Sword Newly Listed in addition to a piece

in addition to a piece missing and clear tape repair on the spine

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

with three destroyers in contact

(838365 SPR

40mm (h - inclusive of suspension)

United States. A Model 1852 Naval Officer’s Dress Sword Newly Listed in addition to a pieceA 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),