An 1860 pattern staff and field sword with a whistle hilt, the scarce version where a whistle is built into the guard itself. The blade is 30 inches and unmarked; it has been cleaned but keeps its acid etching. The guard is cast brass, the grip is sharkskin wrapped with brass wire, and the scabbard is nickel plated. It is sold used under Swords as SKU SW1345.

For a Connecticut collector of military swords, the whistle guard is the reason to look twice at this one, since that variation turns up far less often than the standard hilt. The cleaned blade with surviving etching, the brass wire over sharkskin and the nickel scabbard are the condition points to weigh in the photographs, and the lack of a blade marking means the hilt has to carry the attribution. It displays well on its own or alongside other swords of the period.

Key features

• 1860 staff and field sword, whistle hilt
• 30-inch unmarked blade, cleaned, acid etching remains
• Cast brass guard with built-in whistle
• Sharkskin grip wrapped with brass wire
• Nickel plated scabbard

This sword ships to your Connecticut address with no FFL stop; it arrives packed with the scabbard.