United States. A Model 1852 Naval Officer’s Dress Sword Hold Constructed of a field-grey rayon

Constructed of a field-grey rayon backer

dated 22 September 1944

14 mm (w) x 27

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

United States. A Model 1852 Naval Officer’s Dress Sword Hold Constructed of a field-grey rayonA 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),