with straight double-edged tapering blade etched 'NEVER DRAW ME WITHOUT REASON/NOR SHEATH ME WITHOUT HONOUR', ricasso stamped ‘Lingard, Peacroft Sheffield' (areas of rust and patination, parts of the inscription unclear),German silver hilt comprising cross-piece cast with foliage and 'Liberty and Union' on each face, pommel decorated with a shield of the Union, Federal eagle and olive foliage, copper alloy fillets, and mother of pearl scales retained by four rivets, in its German silver mounted tooled leather scabbard decorated with a flower on the front, 26.4 cm overall