Tonomachi Posted September 12, 2007 Share #1 Posted September 12, 2007 I bought this sword a number of years ago at a flea market for $50.00. I'm guessing WW1 era officer's Army sword? The blade is acid etched US as well as having the eagle with EPLURIBUS UNUM and I'm guessing the name of owner which is hard to make out of ?. S. Jernigan. I can't make out the first letter due to the fancy script. It is marked GERMANY which I have a guestion about. If we were at war with Germany during WW1 how come they are exporting swords to the US? Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share #2 Posted September 12, 2007 Additional pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted September 12, 2007 Share #3 Posted September 12, 2007 Dennis, You have a Model 1902 US Army Officer Sword. This sword was worn from 1902 until present day. It was made/sold by Horstmann of Philadelphia and the blade at least was imported from Germany. It would not have been imported during the war but could be from before or after WWI. I am not certain when this particular Horstmann logo was in use. Perhaps someone else might be able to narrow down the time frame from the logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted September 13, 2007 Dennis, You have a Model 1902 US Army Officer Sword. This sword was worn from 1902 until present day. It was made/sold by Horstmann of Philadelphia and the blade at least was imported from Germany. It would not have been imported during the war but could be from before or after WWI. I am not certain when this particular Horstmann logo was in use. Perhaps someone else might be able to narrow down the time frame from the logo. Thanks for the info. Now I know. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted September 14, 2007 Share #5 Posted September 14, 2007 Quite a nice sword, actually - despite the rusty blade. What's amazing is the Jewish star on the 'Germany' side (even if it was made before WWI, so before WWII). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spathologist Posted September 15, 2007 Share #6 Posted September 15, 2007 I was about to reply that it's not a Jewish star, they are usually just six-pointed star figures, but after looking closer it does indeed appear to be a Magen David, two interlocking triangles...interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted September 16, 2007 Share #7 Posted September 16, 2007 It looks like the brass center with "Proof" or "Proved" seems to be missing from the mark. This was a quality mark indicating the steel blade would cut iron. Older imported German sword blades will sometimes be found with "Iron Proof" etched on the spine of the blade. Domestic German swords will be found etched "Eisenhauer" which translates roughly to iron cutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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