AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SWORDS 45 



by Mrs. William H. Browne, is engraved with the names of the fol- 

 lowing battles : " Vera Cruz, Churubusco, Molino Del Key, Chapul- 

 tepec, and Mexico City." 



SABER OWNED BY LIEUT. BALDWIN J. CROSSWAIT 



A second saber *^ of this same type and period in the National 

 Museum collection, which was owned by Lieut. Baldwin J. Crosswait 

 of the Ohio Infantry, was presented to the Museum in 1920, by 

 Miss Forest M. Crosthwaite. 



PRESENTATION SWORDS, 1835 TO 1850 

 SWORD OWNED BY COL. STEPHEN H. LONG 



An interesting presentation sword of this period in the Museum 

 collection is one presented to Col. Stephen H. Long, United States 

 Topographical Engineers, in recognition of his Rocky Mountain 

 and other exploring expeditions. This sword ""^ is lacking in the 

 ornate features of the usual presentation sword and in general de- 

 sign is very similar to the " Infantry sword " of the same period. 

 The blade is straight, with a single, broad, shallow groove on each 

 side. The obverse side is decorated in gold on a dark-blue back- 

 ground, with the United States arms surmounted by 16 stars, a 

 trophy, and two floral spraj^s. The reverse is decorated in a similar 

 manner, with a trophy consisting of a drum, a bow and arrow, a 

 quiver, and floral and scroll designs. The grip is ivory, the top and 

 bottom being decorated with three horizontal parallel grooves and the 

 sides with diagonal grooves which divide the surface into diamond- 

 shaped designs. The center of the grip is encircled with an eagle's 

 head. The pommel is vase-shaped with 10 sides and the upper por- 

 tion is decorated with a floral design. The knuckle guard is a 6-sided 

 plain brass strip terminating above the blade in a plain quillon of 

 the same type, surmounted by an oak-leaf cone. The counterguard 

 is a double-heart-shaped brass plate, the reverse side hinged and the 

 front decorated on each side of the blade with oak-leaf scrolls. The 

 scabbard is black leather with three gilt mounts. 



Stephen Harriman Long, the recipient of this sword, was born in 

 Hopkinton, N. H., in 1784. He entered the United States Army in 

 December, 1814, as a lieutenant of Engineers. After serving as 

 assistant professor of mathematics at the United States Military 

 Academy he was in 1816 transferred to the Topographical Engineer 

 Corps with the brevet rank of major. Between 1818 and 1823 he was 

 in charge of explorations between the Mississippi River and the 

 Rocky Mountains, and one of the highest summits of the Rockies 



«» Length, 105.5 cm. Blade, 90.8 cm. long, 3.2 cm. wide. PI. 17, fig. 3. 

 ■'"Length, 91.5 cm. Blade, 76.6 cm. long, 2.4 cm. wide. PI. 6, fig. 5. 



