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LEECH & RIGDON CIVIL WAR Confederate M1850 Foot Officer's SWORD c 1862 - Sold on eBay Jun, 24th 2020 for $4,939.39
37 1/4 TOTAL INCHES; BLADE IS 31 1/8 INCHES ---   AS SHOWN CONDITION ------ IT IS IN TYPICAL WAR USED CONDITION AS ARE MOST OF THE CONFEDERATE SWORDS FOUND ---- NOTE THE TOBACCO LEAF DESIGN ON THE HILT  ---- WOULD RESTORE NICELY IF YOU SO DESIRE  ---  THERE IS INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS MISSISSIPPI COMPANY MADE SWORDS IN COLUMBUS MISS. IN 1862 ---- BEFORE THAT THEY WERE THE MEMPHIS NOVELTY WORKS IN MEMPHIS TENN. --- FROM A LOCAL HAMLIN, PA.  ESTATE  --- THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD TOLD US THAT IT WAS PICKED UP ON THE BATTLEFIELD AT GETTYSBURG ...