RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE OFFICER\'S SWORD-RARE BRASS QUILLON-MARKED CS AND IRON SCABBARD- MEASURES 41\" OVERALL- WITH SWORD 37\" WITH A 31 1/8\" BLADE-SCABBARD IS IRON CONSTRUCTION- ALL HAVE THAT OUT OF THE ATTIC PATINA, SO DESIRED. THE BLADE IS DARK PATINA WITH A LITTLE OF THE ETCHING SHOWING -FEW NICKS ON EDGE-WASHER PRESNT. THE HILT IS WRAPPED WITH RAY/SHARK SKIN AND HAS BRASS WIRE WRAP- ALL THE FITTINGS ARE BRASS-SO COMMON TO THE SOUTHERN SWORDS- THE QUILLON WHICH IS ALSO BRASS AND WITH GREAT DETAIL, HAS HAD THE U S BELOW THE EAGLE CHANGED AT THE TIME OF THE WAR TO A- C S- TO REFLECT THE BELIEVES OF THE OWNER. THIS IS THE VERY POPULAR MODEL SUPPLIED FROM GERMANY AND WORN BOTH BY REGULAR AND STATE SOLDIERS AS REFERRED TO IN PETERSON\'S- THE AMERICAN SWORD-NUMBER 75. VERY RARE FIND AND A LOT OF CHARACTER-GREAT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION.