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- GLC#
- GLC02711.10-View header record
- Type
- Objects
- Date
- circa 1862
- Author/Creator
- W. H. Horstmann & Sons
- Title
- Sword of William E. Jones
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 sword : steel Height: 85 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Non-commissioned officer's sword, similar to GLC02711.09, also said to have been used at West Point. It belonged to William E. Jones. W. H. Horstmann & Sons had retail stores in both New York and Philadelphia; most of their swords and sabers had imported blades, usually German.
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