AUTHENTIC CIVIL WAR SWORD THAT WAS A GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD PICKUP AFTER THE FIGHTING STOPPED. IT IS IN ORIGINAL AS FOUND RELIC CONDITION ...
AUTHENTIC CIVIL WAR SWORD THAT WAS A GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD PICKUP AFTER THE FIGHTING STOPPED. IT IS IN ORIGINAL AS FOUND RELIC CONDITION WITH THE BLADE SHOWING HEAVY BATTLE USE JUST THE WAY IT WAS FOUND AFTER THE WAR.THE SAME FAMILY OWNED IT FOR YEARS IN PENNSYLVANIA. BACK THEN THE LOCALS WOULD WANDER THE BATTLEFIELDS AND PICK UP ARTIFACTS WHEN THE BATTLES WERE OVER AND KEEP AS SOUVENIRS OF THE WAR. THIS SWORD APPEARS CONFEDERATE BUT NOT SURE AND IT IS IN ORIGINAL OLD TATTERED CONDITION WHICH HAS ALL THE ORIGINAL HISTORY STILL INTACT. NO MAKERS MARK VISIBLE THRU THE PATINA. AN EXCELLENT HISTORIC GETTYSBURG RELIC PROBABLY LEFT BEHIND BY A BATTLE TORN REB THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT. MEASURES: 28" OVERALL BLADE 23.5".
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