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front German Bayonet

M.33
Soldiers often returned from wars with "trophies," or souvenirs, such as this German-manufactured bayonet.
front Infantry Officers' sword, 1821-1832
1830-1840
1917.08.01
Lieutenant Henry Smith (1805-1900) of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, carried this officer's dress sword when he was a member of the Franklin Cadets, a militia company organized in 1823.
front Sword
1798
CRR.A.12
In their eagerness to find and preserve items of Revolutionary War significance, collectors sometimes included objects of a later date like this saber.
front Bayonet
1670-1700
1950.01
The maker designed this 17th century weapon for use either as a bayonet at the end of a musket or as a hand-held dagger.
front French Knife
1650-1675
1872.12.02
A South Deerfield, Massachusetts, resident dug up this knife of French manufacture on the site of Bloody Brook, an Native American ambush in 1675 of an English grain convoy.
front Admiral Francis John Higginson (1843-1931) presentation sword
1899
1932.06.01
This decorated dress sword and scabbard belonged to Rear Admiral Francis J. Higginson (1843-1931) at the turn of the 20th century.
front Sword
1775-1825
1884.13
This sword belonged to William Dorrell, a British soldier in the Revolutionary War, who later settled in Leyden, Massachusetts.
front Dress Sword
c. 1900
1954.19.09
This ceremonial sword, patterned after the Army's M1840 specifications, was carried by Brig. Gen. Frederick Pierce of the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry. Pierce served in Company L of the 2nd Massachusetts, based in Greenfield, Massachusetts, for twenty-five years.

 

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