SMITHSONIAN INSTITU 

 UNITED STATES NATIONA'KImUSEUM 

 Bulletin 163 



AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SWORj 

 THE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 

 OF THE UNITED STATES 

 NATIONAL MUSEUM 



BY 



THEODORE T. BELOTE 



Curator of History, Uiiited States National Museum 



UNITED STATES 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



WASHINGTON : 1932 



For sale by the superintendent of documents. Washington, d. c. 



