United States. An 1852 Pattern United States Navy Officer's Sword Buy Now the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered multi-coloured edelweiss set within a knotted border topped by a piton

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mounted to a silvered tombac base

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United States. An 1852 Pattern United States Navy Officer's Sword Buy Now the obverse bearing a machine-embroideredSword incorporates a magnetic steel blade, with a dull edge and having a sharp tip, with the fuller running three quarters of the length of the sword on both sides, marked "3" on the spine. The obverse is etched with a series of icons including: a collage of crossed axes fronted by an eagle, with a trident thrusting upwards into a ship flying a standard inscribed "USN"; fifteen five pointed stars presented in an oval pattern; a fouled anchor fronted