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I was looking through sold listings of general officer material on eBay yesterday and came across this. The auction title was "Civil War English Import Sword ID'd CS General D H Cooper," eBay item # 292047805501.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Civil-War-English-Import-Sword-IDd-CS-General-D-H-Cooper-/292047805501?hash=item43ff67dc3d:g:ha0AAOSwWxNYvhR0

 

I am no expert on Civil War material, but I am not at all convinced that this is real. Namely, the listing indicates the sword came out of a Natchez estate. While Douglas H. Cooper was from Natchez, he lived at Fort Washita after the Civil War and to my knowledge died there. While material used in the Trans-Mississippi varied, I have never before seen a British sword with a royal cipher employed. Also, the engraving looks to be low quality.

 

Thoughts?

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The image is not the best but the engraving looks to be acid etched commiserate to the 1880's and turn of the century style?

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I think this is the P1822 model used until the late 1890's...

 

Good eye. I did some quick searching and this is indeed an 1822 pattern infantry officer’s sword as it features the "pipe-back" design. That apparently went away in 1845.

 

As for the etching, another individual felt this looked laser etched. Any thoughts on the block lettering?

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Good eye. I did some quick searching and this is indeed an 1822 pattern infantry officers sword as it features the "pipe-back" design. That apparently went away in 1845.

 

As for the etching, another individual felt this looked laser etched. Any thoughts on the block lettering?

I can't tell that much...on the road and on my cell phone...I would think that style engraving is unusual ...seems they were more stylized...
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