Sword
- Object Name:
- Sword
- Object ID:
- 1996.516.15
- Place of Origin:
- Germany
- Date:
- 1770-1777
- Description:
- Sword. Reticulated cast steel knuckle guard with scroll decorations; ball at the end of quillon; guard with cast scroll and shell decoration; steel plates riveted over wood grip. Beveled flat hollow ground straight steel blade with three fullers. 19th-century steel scabbard with loops. "II" stamped on side of quillon above ball finial. Captured from Hessian soldiers by John Stark's troops at the Battle of Bennington, 1777.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel
Wood - Dimensions:
- W-4 L-32.6 D-1.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Sword was among the enemy arms captured by General John Stark at the Battle of Bennington, 1777.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Stark, John (1728-1822)
- Subjects:
- Arms & armament, American Revolution, Battles
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