US Army sword presented to US Marine Corps officer

[Bob Hudson]

This could confuse a collector in the future: a US Army saber - made in Spain - and engraved and presented to a US Marine Corps officer. The officer attended the Army's Transportation Officer Advanced Course (TOAC) and was honored with this sword and a plaque for being the Distinguished Graduate.

 

It's made in Spain and has the brand name COLONIAL. It's nicely made with engraving/etching on the spine of the sword as well as on the blade. It came with a nice scabbard and a felt sock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bob Hudson]

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[sundance]

That is one nice looking sword.

[SARGE]

Yep, you know these guys do things like this just to confuse us collectors.

 

A neat variation.

[cutiger83]

Very nice sword. I wonder how the Army felt about having a Marine as the distinguished graduate of an Army course!

[Bob Hudson]

That is one nice looking sword.

 

I had posted that it was from Japan but I got confused with a US Naval sword I got a few weeks ago. This one is Spanish and a very nice example of what they can do in, I presume, Toledo. This is a better than normal presentation piece. The blade is very reflective and at certain angles looks black as shown in some photos above.