Original U.S. Mexican-American War Ames Model 1832 Artillery Short Sword with Scabbard - Dated 1835 Category_Martini-Henry Rifles - Original Overseas Garrison Cap

- Original Overseas Garrison Cap with infantry piping

The knife is wired to the board

but nothing out of the ordinary for a gun that saw long use on the frontier

Other Documents Included:- Certificate of Good Conduct for WWII and Korea service- WWII discharge documents (certified true copies)- Muster roll copies- USMC Christmas Day dinner menu dated 1953 for Quantico

Original U.S. Mexican-American War Ames Model 1832 Artillery Short Sword with Scabbard - Dated 1835 Category_Martini-Henry Rifles - Original Overseas Garrison CapOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely patinated example of an Ames Model 1832 Artillery Short sword, dated 1835, a very early example. This design of foot artillery sword has a straight, heavy double edged steel blade. There are two side by side fullers, starting just below the hilt. Then, after a space of 11 16", there is a single center fuller that extends toward the blade's spear shaped point. The overall blade length is approximately