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SOLD Authentic antique American Civil War US Cavalry Sword Model 1840 “wristbreaker”,

EA244

SOLD Authentic antique American Civil War US Cavalry Sword Model 1840 known as the “wristbreaker”, made by Kirschbaum/ Solingen listed as a dealer exporting swords to Confederate and Union during the Civil War. References; American Swords and Sword Makers by Richard H.Bezdek,

Details: A hilt with a three bar brass guard, brass pommel cap, and wooden grip. An extremely long slightly curved single edged flat back steel blade, cut with a broad full-length fuller and a slender fuller along the back-edge stamped on the ricasso with knight's head. The sword is in its original steel scabbard with two suspension rings.

CONDITION: the blade and the scabbard slightly pitted, scabbard dented, mouthpiece of the scabbard partially broken, absence of the grip wrapping.

MEASUREMENTS: Overall length with the scabbard: 108.5 cm (42 3/4 in). Length of the sword without the scabbard: 103 cm (40 1/2 in). Length of the blade: 89.5 cm (35 1/4 in).

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