RARE “SHARP & HAMILTON, NASHVILLE TENN” MARKED CONFEDERATE CAVALRY SABER

RARE “SHARP & HAMILTON, NASHVILLE TENN” MARKED CONFEDERATE CAVALRY SABER

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36.25″ unstopped fuller blade with maker’s stamps: “SHARP & HAMILTON” & “NASHVILLE TENN” on opposite ricassos, unique “Sharp & Hamilton” heavy brass beveled flat guard with iron backstrap & ferrule. Sharp & Hamilton was a large manufacturer in Nashville TN early in the Civil War prior to Nashville’s fall to Union forces February 1962. The Confederacy lost one of their largest foundries and sword manufacturers. These are very rare maker marked sabers being made for only about 6 months, less than 10 marked examples are documented, and this one is new to market just recently found in midwestern estate.