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scroll designs. The reverse is similarly decorated with the letters 

 " U. S.," taking the place of the coat of arms. The grip is made of 

 wood covered with leather and is wound with 15 turns of steel wire. 

 The pommel is covered by a brass cap, fashioned in the shape of a 

 Phrygian helmet, the lower portion covering the end of the grip 

 and being decorated with sprays of oak leaves. The knuckle guard 

 consists of a plain circular brass strip below the grip which expands 

 into a broad oval counterguard at the blade. The reverse side of 

 this plate is solid and the obverse is decorated with floral sprays in 

 openwork. The scabbard is made of leather with three brass 

 mounts. 



A second sword of this type, also in the Hopkins collection, is of 

 more ornate workmanship.*^ The blade is ornately decorated with 

 designs of the type noted above but far more finely executed in silver 

 chasing on a gold ground. The reverse bears, in addition to the 

 designs already described, a column surrounded by a scroll inscribed 

 " E Pluribus Unum," and surmounted by an eagle ; above the whole 

 appears a large 6-pointed star surrounded by a circle of 12 smaller 

 stars. The grip is covered with fishskin and is wound with 14 turns 

 of gilt wire, and the pommel, knuckle guard, and counterguard are 

 all of the regular type. The scabbard is made of black leather with 

 three brass mounts and is decorated on the obverse with scroll work. 



SWORD OWNED BY MAJ. GEN. HENRY W. LAWTON 



The National Museum collection includes also a sword *^ of this 

 type carried during the Civil War by Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton, 

 United States Volunteers, when lieutenant colonel. The owner ot 

 this sword, who was born in Ohio in 1843, enlisted in the Indiana 

 Volunteers as sergeant in April, 1861, and was promoted to the rank 

 of first lieutenant in the same year. He was made captain in May, 

 1862, and lieutenant colonel in November, 1864. After the close of 

 the Civil War he served in the Kegular Army as regimental quarter- 

 master and later as colonel, inspector general. In May, 1898, he was 

 made brigadier general of Volunteers and in July, major general. 

 During the progress of the Spanish-American War he served in 

 Cuba, and in the spring of 1899 he was stationed in the Philippine 

 Islands. He was killed in a battle with the insurgents at San Mateo, 

 P. I., December 19, 1899. His sword was presented to the National 

 Museum in 1916 by Mrs. Mary C. Lawton. 



8" Length, 92 cm. Blade, 77 cm. long, 3 cm. wide. Marked " W. Clauberg Solingen." 

 During this period many blades of foreign manufacture were used by American makers. 

 PI. 20, fig. 2. 



«' Length, 89.5 cm. Blade, 75.5 cm. long, 2.8 cm. wide. PI. 20, fig. 3. 



