Original U.S. Militia Staff Officers Parade Sword with Bone Grip & Scabbard c. 1840-1850 Price_$-050 - $200 Side of the chest is

Side of the chest is painted:

There is a lot of mystery surrounding the term "BIGOT"

Complete with his Grand Daughters note and research to date

This was for use by the "Wehrmacht"

and other military installations around the state impacted numerous young recruits who flooded into New Jersey for training

Original U.S. Militia Staff Officers Parade Sword with Bone Grip & Scabbard c. 1840-1850 Price_$-050 - $200 Side of the chest isOriginal Item: Only One Available. This was recently discovered out of a massive collection. As a whole, the sword is in quite good condition for being almost two hundred years old. This was manufactured for use by staff officers of the militia, but it is not unreasonable to think it could have been used by any ranking officer of that time. Swords of this design are pre Civil War, rough estimated date circa 1840 1850. The cruciform style brass