70 BULLETIN 16 3, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



sioned officers and privates of the Fifty-third Regiment, Pennsyl- 

 vania Volunteers. The general design of this sword ^^ is more typical 

 of the presentation swords of the period of the war with Mexico 

 than of the Civil War. The blade is long and wide with two edges 

 and a narrow, deep, central groove. The obverse is decorated in 

 silver chasing with trophies and floral and scroll designs ; the reverse 

 is similarly decorated with the United States arms, trophies, and 

 floral and scroll designs. The 6-sided grip is silver mounted and 

 decorated with floral designs in relief. The pommel is a medieval 

 brass helmet with plume. The quillons consist of two flat scrolls 

 of brass, bound together in the center with oak leaves and having 

 the ends flaring open. The lower quillon is united with the pommel 

 by a double brass chain. A medium-sized shield attached to the 

 obverse of the blade is decorated with a trophy including a buckler, 

 two standards, an adz, a bow, and a quiver of arrows. The scabbard 

 is of brass and bears on the obverse four designs in heavy relief, 

 representing, respectively, a trophy of arms with the United States 

 shield in the center, fasces flanked by thunderbolts, a second trophy, 

 and an oak-leaf spray. Between the first two designs, within an 

 ornate scroll border, is the inscription in five lines : " Presented to 

 Col. John R. Brooke by the non-commissioned officers and privates 

 of the 53rd Regmt. P. Vols. Jan. 27, 1862." 



SWORD OWNED BY MAJ. JAMES S. CRALL 



Another Civil War sword of much interest in the Museum collec- 

 tion is one -^ presented to Maj. James S. Crall, Eighty-second Ohio 

 Infantry, by the noncommissioned officers and enlisted men of his 

 regiment. The blade is slightly curved and is formed with a broad, 

 shallow, central groove and a narrow upper groove. The obverse is 

 decorated in silver chasing with the United States arms and floral 

 and trophy designs and is inscribed near the hilt : " Major James 

 S. Crall, 82nd Regt. Ohio Volt." The reverse is similarly decorated 

 with the letters "U. S.," flags, and floral and scroll designs. The 

 grip is 4-sided and has a plain top and bottom. The obverse side is 

 decorated with the standing figure of Columbia, a sword in her right 

 hand, her left resting on a shield, and above her head 13 stars. The 

 reverse side is decorated with the letters " U. S." surrounded by a 

 floral and scroll design. The pommel is of the Phrygian helmet 

 type covering the end of the grip and decorated in high relief with 

 oak-leaf scrolls. The end is surmounted by an eagle on a globe. 

 The guard is circular, terminating at the pommel in an oak-leaf 



^= Length, 99.2 cm. Blade, 80 cm. long, 2.8 cm. wide. Inscribed "Ames Mfg. Co., 

 Chicopee, Mass." 



■■'Length, 98.8 cm. Blade, 81.3 cm. long, 2.8 cm. wide. Marked " W. Clauberg 



Solingen." PI. 24, fig. 5. 



