A U.S. M 1850 MOUNTED OFFICERS STAFF & FIELD SWORD

The elaborately embellished brass pommel and guard with pierced U.S. among flowering vinework, the grip with sharkskin covering and twisted wire wrap intact. The curved, fullered blade marked TIFFANY & CO. NEW YORK in an banner at the right forte, and a finely-detailed American Eagle bearing a banner inscribed E PLURIBUS UNUM to one side and U.S. in a scrolled cartouche to the other, together with an additional banner marlked, WARRANTED TO COT WROUGHT IRON above PDL in an oval cartouche for Luneschloss, and an E view mark. C. 1850. Minor wear. Overall length 97 cm / 38 1/4" overall. Condition II