PRESERVING AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HISTORY. CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY CAVALRY SWORD 2ND MODEL THESE SWORDS WERE CUT DOWN BY THE VIRGINIA CONFEDERACY ARMORY AND REASSUED. A VERY DESIDERABLE CONFEDERATE SWORD PRICED LESS THAN A BUCKLE. THIS ONE IS A BARN FIND IN RELIC CONDITION, STILL VERY RARE. This is a scarce and very desirable example of a Confederate 2ND Model Virginia Manufactory Cavalry Saber.
The iron bird's head hilt has the usual half-basket sheet iron guard, which is perforated with 7 slots in its face, arranged in two rows, four on the outer edge and three on the interior.