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10-04-2011, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Camster
I'm acquainted with inspector's marks,the sword has several of them along with a larger "US"-these characters are much larger,about 3/8" tall.
It was made by DJ Millard in 1862.My understanding is that is one of 10,000 made for enlisted men.Unfortunately,no scabbard.
I figure a unit marking,rack number type thing...though I've only seen a few other CW swords,none with it,I was wondering if this marking identified it as a later reissue or something.
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If you want, I can e-mail you the e-mail address of a fellow who would definitely know. Let me know.
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