US Army Model 1902 Sword, Scabbard, Named (3pc)

1902 US Army Model sword and scabbard with blade etched "William E. Putnam, Jr" and "Battery AFA MVM" (Battery A, Field Artillery, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia). Etched blade, decorative, with "Bent & Bush, Boston, Mass" under the guard.Blade measures 34" with overall length with scabbard 41" (1) Worn leather carrying case with name "William E. Putnam, Jr." etched at top; (1) "Battery A, Field Artillery M.V.M. 1895-1905" Prepared by Lieutenant John H. Sherburne, Jr.(Boston: Published By The Battery By Subscription, 1908), 8vo, cloth. 210pp. Decorative gilt artillery insignia on front board. Biographical Note: William E. Putnam, Jr.(1873-1947) joined Battery A in 1900 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1908. A graduate of Harvard (1896) and MIT (1898), he became a prominent Boston architect, where, in partnership with Allen Cox, he designed the Boston Athenaeum and many other buildings in the city and across the Commonwealth.

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