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 original fuse was necessarily destroyed during deactivation

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however it has worn away on this example

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

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