Rare / Confederate Musicians Sword by Boyle & Gamble / Battlefield M. Gettysburg The brass handle has markings

The brass handle has markings “Shown in pictures" on the cross guard (approval stamps most likely) The blade has an amazing patina with some darker tones scattered about and a double-edged cutting surface / French arsenal markings Chatellerault 1933 & Pihet Freves are located on the blade / This is a hard to find government arsenal made piece

which had been a weak point of the old design

The coloration is perfection personified

and the FAD-B

and gold with the class best owed reflecting the number or severity of the wounds received / 1939 pattern / Rare “hollow-back” Constructed of brass

Rare / Confederate Musicians Sword by Boyle & Gamble / Battlefield M. Gettysburg The brass handle has markingsRare Confederate Musicians Sword by Boyle & Gamble Battlefield M. Gettysburg From the Battlefield Military Museum in Gettysburg, Pa This sword was purchased from the auction house charged with the liquidation sale Auction flyer and tag included in purchase (showing the item number with its classification in the flyer) The sword still retains both of its original museum tags This sword was displayed in the museum from 1967 to 2021 as the tag indicates