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and a narrow deep groove on each side. The grips are covered 

 with black leather and are decorated with 21 spiral grooves 

 wound with brass wire and surmounted by a plain brass strip, 

 which terminates in a button-shaped pommel. The guards con- 

 sist of 4-sided heavy brass strips, which terminate above the 

 blade in a quillon of the same type, and the two are united 

 by two S-shaped branches. One of these *^ is marked on the back 

 of the blade " Klingenthal 1824." Another *^ is likewise marked 

 "Mre. d'armes de Chat Juillet, 1879, Cavrie I're Mle. 1822"; and 

 another *" bears the inscription, " Mre. d'armes de Chat. Avril 1880, 

 legere." The blade of the last saber has a deep rectangular groove 

 on each side. 



SABER OWNED BY MAJ. GEN. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN 



A French officer's saber of unusual historical interest is one owned 

 during the Civil War by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, United 

 States Army. This saber ** has a heavy curved blade with a broad, 

 shallow, central groove and a narrow, deep, upper groove. The grip 

 is made of hardwood and is wound with brass wire. The pommel 

 is covered with a brass cap of Phrygian-helmet shape, the lower 

 part of which is decorated with sprays of laurel. The guard is 

 formed of a circular bronze strip below, with an oval plate in front 

 and the two branches connecting these parts are decorated with 

 laurel sprays. The back of the blade is engraved with the legend 

 " Mf. de Klingenthal, 1831." This saber was presented to the Na- 

 tional Museum in 1922 by the Hon. George B. McClellan. 



SABER OWNED BY LIEUT. COL. JULIUS P. GARESCHE 



The National Museum collection contains a number of French 

 sabers of the middle of the nineteenth century of unusual design. 

 One of these was used during the early period of the Civil War 

 by Lieut. Col. Julius P. Garesche, United States Army, who was 

 killed at the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., on December 31, 1862. 

 This saber *" has a curved blade with a wide, shallow, central groove 

 and a narrow, deep groove near the back which is engraved in script, 

 " Manufre de Klingenthal Coulaux & Cie." The grip is hardwood 

 painted black and decorated with 14 spiral grooves wound with gilt 

 wire. The pommel is covered with a brass helmet-shaped piece, the 

 lower portion of which is decorated with two sprays of laurel leaves 

 united by a daisy. The guard consists of a double brass strip with 

 a band about the center of the lower portion, which at this point 



*^ Length, 106.8 cm. Blade, 91 cm. long, 3 cm. wide. PI. 39, fig. 1. 

 « Length, 107.8 cm. Blade, 92 cm. long, 3 cm. wide. PI. 39, fig. 2. 

 " Length, 102 cm. Blade, 86.7 cm. long, 3 cm. wide. 

 ** Length, 107 cm. Blade, 91.7 cm. long, 3.2 cm. wide. 

 '» Length, 91 cm. Blade, 75.2 cm. long, 2.7 cm. wide. 



